State v. Smith

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Introduction

Steven Smith (Defendant) appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Charles County convicting him of forcible rape, forcible sodomy, assault in the second degree, felonious restraint, and three counts of armed criminal action. Defendant claims that the trial court erred in sustaining the State’s objections to: (1) the admission of evidence of prior consensual sexual conduct between Defendant and the victim (S.F.); (2) Adrian Smith’s testimony regarding S.F.’s poor reputation for truthfulness; and (3) Darryl Southard’s testimony regarding S.F.’s…