BRACKINS v. STATE

No. 1648, September Term, 1989.

84 Md. App. 157 (1990)

578 A.2d 300

ROBERT PAUL BRACKINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

August 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence P. Pinno, Jr., Bel Air, for appellant.

M. Jennifer Landis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Joseph I. Cassily, State's Atty., for Harford County, Bel Air, on brief), for appellee.

Submitted before GILBERT, C.J., and WILNER and GARRITY, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

The overriding question presented by this appeal is what is meant by the use of the word "exploitation" within the ambit of the child abuse statute, Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 35A(a)(4)(i).

The facts of this case are simple. Robert Paul Brackins is married to the mother of the then twelve-year-old victim. On the date of the alleged offense, Brackins was at home with the child. The mother was at work. Mrs. Brackins testified that Mr...

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