State v. Northam

In the Circuit Court for Worcester County, a jury convicted Kendall I. Northam, Respondent, of second degree murder and first degree assault. The State’s case, which included evidence of post-arrest inculpatory statements that Respondent made to law enforcement officers and to two former cell mates, was sufficient to establish that he committed those offenses in the early morning hours of January 13, 2008.

Respondent noted an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals, and filed a brief in which he presented five questions for appellate review, 1 the first one being “[w]hether the trial court…