Legal Opinion
Cox v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 6, 1982No. 928, September Term, 1981PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
Lowe, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 286 infra. Wilner, J., filed a concurring opinion at page 296 infra.
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Her alleged assailant had been released from prison that day. His assault on the 18 year old girl was barbaric. He forced her to engage in two acts of vaginal sexual intercourse, in sodomy and in fellatio. The duress he employed was a vicious physical beating about her face, head and body, leaving her bowed, bruised, bloody and battered. His excuse to her for his brutal conduct was, "I ain’t had a woman in six months.” As soon as she was able to drag herself the three blocks to…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- State v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
- Clinebell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Miller v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1989
- Glenn Edward Hoover, 131-295 v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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