Coleman v. State

Convicted of rape, perverted practice and larceny, at a jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Arabian, J., presiding), appellant, Eugene Michael Coleman, was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for rape and ten years and eighteen months, respectively, (to be served concurrently with the rape sentence) for the perverted practice and larceny convictions. On appeal, he takes issue with certain of the trial court’s rulings on the admissibility of testimony. Finding no error, we affirm.

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Rose Weaver, the prosecutrix, met the appellant in a local Baltimore bar at approximately 10:30 on…