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SHAREEF ARMSTEAD v. STATE OF MARYLAND

SHAREEF ARMSTEAD v. STATE OF MARYLAND

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Criminal procedure — Jury instruction — Concealment of evidence

These are consolidated appeals of Shareef Armstead and Malcolm Coleman, appellants, who were tried jointly by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and each convicted of a variety of charges arising from the near-fatal shooting of Delaney McCloud. Each appellant challenges a jury instruction regarding concealment or destruction of evidence. Additionally, Coleman contends that the court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal at the conclusion of the evidence, and in imposing two separate sentences for one conspiracy.

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