RAINEY v. STATE

No. 54, Sept. Term, 2021.

280 A.3d 697 (2022)

480 Md. 230

Robert RAINEY v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Katherine P. Rasin, Asst. Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Menelik Coates, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: Watts, Hotten, Booth, Biran, Eaves, Robert N. McDonald (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), Joseph M. Getty (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


In a matter of first impression, we are asked to determine whether it was reversible error for a circuit court to give a destruction or concealment of evidence jury instruction based on evidence that the defendant cut off his dreadlocks between the time of the crime and the arrest.

On May 2, 2017, members of the Baltimore City...

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