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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 141, September Term, 1992.

332 Md. 456 (1993)

632 A.2d 152

DONALD WARREN JOHNSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender), Baltimore, on brief, for petitioner.

David P. Kennedy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., of MD), Baltimore, on brief, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

The issue this case presents is whether, when the defense to a charge of rape is that the victim was exchanging sex for drugs, the rape victim's admission to having previously engaged in such conduct is inadmissible pursuant to Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 461A ("the rape shield statute").1 The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County ruled that it is inadmissible and the Court of Special Appeals...

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