SALISBURY — A Maryland appeals court last week ruled a Salisbury man’s jailhouse messages sent through family members to his nephew, instructing him to eliminate a witness expected to testify against him, did not violate his Sixth Amendment protections against hearsay. In December 2011, Marcus Smiley, 54, was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and other charges for shooting and attempting to kill Travis Green, also of Salisbury, in an … READ MORE