Corbett v. State

BYRNES, Judge.

A jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County convicted Michael Corbett, Sr. of attempted second degree rape, child abuse, and attempted third degree sexual offense. He was sentenced to prison for twenty five years without parole for the second degree rape conviction and was given a fifteen year concurrent term for the child abuse conviction. The court merged the third degree sexual offense conviction for sentencing.

On appeal, appellant asks whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the prior written and signed statement of the prosecuting witness. For…