Leitess ‘willfully withheld’ evidence in Edgewater murder case, judge says

Leitess ‘willfully withheld’ evidence in Edgewater murder case, judge says

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess “willfully withheld” an accusation that a woman stabbed and killed last year by her husband had once pulled a knife on him, a judge said Wednesday. Typical pre-trial procedures in the murder case against Dr. James Houston were derailed April 29 when defense attorneys said Leitess was aware of the incident but had not shared it with them. The allegation came from one of the defendant’s friend…