GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Opening statements began Friday for a man charged in a 2012 triple murder at a convenience store in Pitt County.
Willie Whitehead Jr. is charged in the deaths of three employees during a robbery at a Hustle Mart in April of 2012.
Prosecutors say Whitehead was the getaway driver and helped plan the robbery.
His defense lawyers say he was never in the store and pointed the blame toward the three other suspects.
Antwan Anthony has already been convicted in the case.