THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 126 September Term, 2008.

988 A.2d 1011 (2010)

412 Md. 497

Karl Lymont THOMPSON v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meaghan McLaine, Assigned Public Defender, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington DC; Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Robert Taylor, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

ARGUED BEFORE BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


MURPHY, Judge.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, a jury convicted Karl Lymont Thompson, Petitioner, of second-degree rape and related offenses. The State's evidence, which included the victim's testimony, was sufficient to establish that Petitioner committed the rape in 1986 and committed a third-degree sex offense in 1983. Petitioner does not argue to the contrary. He does argue, however, that he is entitled to a new trial. After the Court of Special Appeals...

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