¶1This Court is of the opinion unanimously that defendant’s plea of former jeopardy was properly denied. S. v. Dove, 222 N.C. 162, 22 S.E. 2d 231; S. v. Guice, 201 N.C. 761, 161 S.E. 533. But the members of the Court are evenly divided in opinion (Justice Valentine not sitting) whether error in the admission of testimony as to declarations and conduct of Jim Cook in the absence of the defendant was prejudicial requiring a new trial. Hence the judgment of the Superior Court must stand affirmed, without becoming a precedent.
¶2Judgment affirmed.