Hutchinson v. State

On April 5, 1978, Frederick Jerome Hutchinson, the appellant, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of second degree rape. On May 4, 1978, he was committed to the custody of the Division of Correction for a period of twenty years. On appeal he contends:

1. the court erred in refusing to join separate charges placed against him.

2. the State prejudiced the appellant’s defense by virtue of its cross-examination of the appellant’s ' witnesses and its closing argument.

3. the court erred in not granting a missing witness instruction.

4. the court erred in its additional instructions to the…