Watson v. State

BISHOP, Judge.

A jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County convicted appellant James Henry Watson of first degree rape, second degree rape, assault with intent to rape, and battery. The court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment on the first degree rape count and reserved sentencing as to the other counts. Appellant raises the following issue:

Did the trial court err in allowing evidence of appellant’s prior attempted rape conviction to be admitted for impeachment purposes? 1

Pretrial, appellant sought a ruling on the admissibility, for impeachment purposes, of his 1982 conviction in…