Garnett v. State

332 Md. 571, 632 A.2d 797 (1993)

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Garnett v. State

Maryland Court of Appeals
332 Md. 571, 632 A.2d 797 (1993)

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Facts

Raymond Lennard Garnett (defendant) was mentally handicapped. At the age of 20, when the events in question occurred, his social development mirrored that of an 11- or 12-year-old. Garnett was introduced to a 13-year-old girl named Erica Frazier in late 1990. On February 28, 1991, Frazier invited Garnett into her bedroom, and they engaged in sexual intercourse. Maryland had in effect a statutory-rape law that defined second-degree rape as sexual intercourse between a victim under 14 and one who was four years or more older than the victim. The law also defined second-degree rape as sexual intercourse obtained by force and sexual intercourse between a victim who was mentally handicapped, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless and one who knew or should know about the victim’s condition. The penalty for second-degree rape in Maryland was imprisonment for up to 20 years.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Murphy, C.J.)

Dissent (Eldridge, J.)

Dissent (Bell, J.)

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