State v. Runge

ADKINS, Judge.

In this case we must decide the extent to which Maryland Code (1957, 1985 Repl.Vol., 1989 Cum. Supp.), Article 88A, § 6, subsection (b), requires disclosure of a county department of social services’ files to a criminal defendant charged with child abuse. 1 We shall hold that this subsection, standing alone, does not entitle a defendant to any disclosure of those files.

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The grand jury for Cecil County indicted respondent, William Frederick Runge (Runge), on three counts of sexual child abuse. A jury sitting in the circuit court for that county convicted Runge on all three…