DOVE v. STATE

No. 137, September Term, 1976.

33 Md. App. 601 (1976)

365 A.2d 1009

JAMES R. DOVE, SR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Dales, III, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Stephen B. Caplis, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Albert Gallatin Warfield, III, Assistant Attorney General, Warren B. Duckett, Jr., State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, and Gerald K. Anders, Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and THOMPSON and MOORE, JJ.


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

The appellant, James R. Dove, Sr., was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Judge Matthew S. Evans presiding, of rape and sentenced to seven years. On this appeal Dove raises five issues:

1) The trial court unduly restricted the scope of cross-examination; 2) The trial court incorrectly disqualified a character witness; 3) The trial court improperly restricted...

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