State v. Dymond

The complaining witness Rosalie Dymond, who was seventeen years of age when the alleged offense was committed, and a younger sister aged fifteen, were the only witnesses to testify concerning the circumstances of the offense, and the relationship of the parties. Rosalie testified that she was the defendant’s daughter. See Lusby v. State, 217 Md. 191, 198, 141 A.2d 893, 894-95. Her sister testified that the defendant was her father. At the close of the State’s evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict of acquittal on the ground that the State had “failed to prove the [defendant’s]…