John Robert Jones v. State

Samuel Yarber (defendant) petitions this court to review the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals which affirmed his conviction following his second trial for murder. We granted certiorari to review two issues. The first is: Whether defendant can compel the enforcement of a negotiated plea agreement which had been broken by the state. The second is: Whether defendants conviction rests on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice in violation of Code 1975, § 12-21-222. After reviewing the facts and applicable law, we conclude that defendant can compel the tender of the plea agreement to the trial court, as we explain below. On the other issue, we quash certiorari as having been improvidently granted.