Cole v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, Paul Martin Cole, was convicted by a Carroll County jury of a sexual offense in the second degree. Upon this appeal, he raises the following three contentions:

1. That the evidence was not legally sufficient to sustain the conviction;

2. That the trial judge erroneously admitted as rebuttal evidence prior consistent statements made by the ten-year-old victim; and

3. That the trial judge erroneously denied the appellant’s motion for a new trial after the discovery of allegedly exculpatory evidence.

On Saturday, October 29, 1988, the appellant was living with Barbara…