Legal Opinion

Bohnert v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 7, 1988No. 117, September Term, 1987PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHARLES E. ORTH, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

The linchpin of this case is credibility. If the jury believed Alicia Rojas, a child under the age of 14 years, then Bradley William Bohnert would be guilty of abusing her and committing a sexual offense in the second degree upon her as charged. If the jury did not believe Alicia, Bohnert would be not guilty of those crimes. See Wilson v. State, 261 Md. 551, 563-564, 276 A.2d 214 (1971). As is apparent from the verdicts of guilty returned by the jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, the jury believed Alicia. Bohnert claims, however, that the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
  3. McKenna v. NevadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
  5. Stebbing v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984

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3Cited by85 opinions

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