Court of Special Appeals of Maryland February 23, 1968, 30, September Term, 1967 (Hicks v. State)

Morton, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Appellant, Thomas Edward Hicks, was found guilty of statutory rape by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County and sentenced by Judge Ralph G. Shure, the presiding judge, to serve twelve (12) years in the Maryland Penitentiary.

In this appeal, three questions are presented:

1.