BURNETTE v. STATE

No. 611, September Term, 1971.

15 Md. App. 371 (1972)

290 A.2d 816

MAURICE PAUL BURNETTE v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by James C. Cawood, Jr., for appellant.

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Harry A.E. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and E. Garrison Neal, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to THOMPSON, MOYLAN and GILBERT, JJ.


THOMPSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Maurice Paul Burnette contends his conviction for rape in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, by Judge Ralph W. Powers presiding without a jury, should be reversed because the trial judge was clearly in error when he found the prosecuting witness did not consent to the act of intercourse and because the state introduced certain testimony concerning polygraph tests.

On February 24, 1971, Burnette made...

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