White v. State

CHASANOW, Judge.

Richard Junior White and his cousin, Adrian Raymond White (the Whites), were charged with kidnapping a woman in Anne Arundel County, raping her in a van, and robbing her of four dollars she had in her purse. At the trial, the Whites wanted to put on the witness stand a man who they said would testify that the victim had previously offered or exchanged sex for drugs. The trial court refused, saying that such testimony would violate Maryland’s rape shield statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1987 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 461A. The statute reads:

“(a) Evidence relating to victim’s…