Cordovi v. State

ADKINS, Judge.

The appellant, Oscar Cordovi, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of second degree rape and second degree sexual offense. On appeal he asserts the following three grounds for reversal of these convictions:

1. The State’s use of the prior recorded testimony of an absent witness violated Cordovi’s constitutional right to confront a witness against him;

2. The court below should have allowed him to introduce evidence that would have cast doubts on the believability of the absent witness; and

3. Defects in the charging documents deprived the trial court of…