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DAVENPORT v. STATE

No. 93, September Term, 1991.

89 Md. App. 517 (1991)

598 A.2d 827

ROOSEVELT DAVENPORT, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Felipe Anderson, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Tarra DeShields-Minnis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Alexander Williams, Jr., State's Atty. for Prince George's County of Upper Marlboro, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, ROBERT M. BELL and DAVIS, JJ.

MOYLAN, Judge.

In enacting what is popularly known as the "Rape Shield Statute" by Laws of Maryland, 1976, ch. 574 and in extending its application to trials for a first or second-degree sexual offense by Laws of Maryland, 1977, ch. 294, the General Assembly, we herein conclude, did not intend to enact a nullity. The shield law is now codified as Art. 27, § 461A and reads, in pertinent part:

"Evidence relating to a victim's reputation for chastity and...

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