Wildermuth v. State

ADKINS, Judge.

In separate jury trials in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, appellants Richard Bryan Wildermuth and James Sylvester McKoy were each convicted of and sentenced for, among other things, child abuse. In each case the alleged child victim was permitted to testify from outside the courtroom via closed-circuit television, pursuant to Annotated Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 9-102 (1984 RepLVol., 1986 Supp.). Each appellant now launches a multifaceted attack on his convictions. 1 The central thrust in each case is the contention that § 9-102 is…