State v. Robey

GREENE, Judge.

This appeal arises from the joint trial and conviction of Ellen Robey for second-degree murder and Richard Barnes as her accessory-after-the-fact. The evidence tended to show that Thomas Robey was murdered on Christmas Eve, 1984. Based upon a confession by the victim’s stepson, Michael Perdue, Perdue was originally charged with Robey’s murder while Ms. Robey and Barnes were charged with being accessories-after-the-fact for allegedly helping to conceal the victim’s body. Prior to the appointment of counsel, Ms. Robey made statements to police which corroborated Perdue’s…