Yowell v. State

Two questions arise as a result of an appeal to this Court by Michael Dale Yowell who was convicted at a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of rape, assault and perverted sexual practice. The first query we must answer is a procedural matter, i.e., has the second substantive issue been preserved for our review? If we resolve the first problem in appellant’s favor, we must then decide whether the trial judge improperly refused to allow cross-examination of the prosecuting witness, which said examination was to have been grounded on an alleged prior inconsistent…