The accused driver in the murder of 13-year-old Prince Holland was set to appear in court Tuesday morning, nearly two weeks after a judge declared a mistrial in his case.

Marcel Johnson, 25, will return to Duval County court for a pre-trial hearing. His return comes after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on Oct. 9 in the trial accusing him of murder in the 2022 drive-by shooting that killed Holland.

That same day, a separate jury found the accused shooter, Kentrevious Garard, 27, not guilty on all five counts.

Both were accused of first-degree murder.

“I’ve already given you the deadlock instruction,” Judge Jeb Branham said. “You’ve done everything that could be asked of you so you haven’t been able to reach unanimous verdict. Verdicts have to be unanimous one way or the

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