Goldsmith v. State

CHASANOW, Judge.

The issue this Court must resolve in the instant ease is whether Maryland Rule 4-264 or the federal and/or state constitution entitles a defendant charged with child abuse and related sexual offenses to obtain pre-trial discovery review of the victim’s psychotherapy records maintained by the victim’s private psychotherapist. Our answer is no.

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The petitioner, Eugene Franklin Goldsmith, was charged with committing sexual child abuse, second degree rape, second and third degree sexual offense, and unnatural and perverted sexual practices on his adopted stepdaughter, whom we shall…