Janey v. State

A jury in the Circuit Court for Calvert County convicted William Ivan Janey of the second degree murder of his wife and obstruction of justice in concealing the murder. In his brief in this Court, Janey raised two issues for our consideration:

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to instruct the jury as requested on the issue of cross-racial identification.

2. Whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain Janey’s conviction for obstruction of justice.

We revisit our decision in Smith v. State, 158 Md.App. 673, 679, 857 A.2d 1198 (2004), rev’d on other grounds, Smith and,…