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Funkhouser v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 8, 1982No. 748, September Term, 1981PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.

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About five years ago the General Assembly enacted comprehensive legislation with respect to sexual offenses in which it recognized that there were gradations of severity in the perpetration of the common law crime of rape. Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol., 1981 Cum. Supp.) Art. 27, §§ 462 and 463. 1 It classified rape and other sexual offenses by degrees with penalties of varying harshness and spelled out what constituted the crimes it created. §§ 462-464C. It prescribed that a person is guilty of the felony of rape in the first degree

"if the person engages in vaginal intercourse with…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Wilhelm v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  2. Lutz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1934
  3. Vincent v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
  4. Veney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  5. Agresti v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Palmer Ford, Inc. v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  2. Chew v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1987
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  4. Anderson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1985
  5. Oliver v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983

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