Edmondson v. State

The appellant was convicted of “statutory rape” after a trial before two judges, sitting without a jury, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. His motion for a new trial was denied and he was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. The specific offense was carnal knowledge of an imbecile woman (Code (1957), Art. 27, § 462), the girl having been chronologically eighteen years of age, but of a mental age of about four years. On this appeal the appellant raises two questions: first, the sufficiency of the evidence to prove penetration; and second, the admissibility of testimony as to words spoken…