Saunders v. State

On May 21,1974, a criminal information was filed against appellant, Mitchell Renoz Saunders, charging him with rape, assault with intent to rape, and assault. After a four-day jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore he was convicted of rape, and subsequently sentenced by Judge Meyer M. Cardin to 10 years imprisonment. On appeal, he assigns three alleged errors to the trial court: admission of testimony that a third party attempted to induce prosecution witnesses to alter their statements; admission of improper rebuttal testimony; and impeachment of appellant with his assertion of Fifth…