Court of Special Appeals of Maryland August 31, 1990, 1648, September Term, 1989 (Brackins v. State)

GILBERT, Chief Judge.

The overriding question presented by this appeal is what is meant by the use of the word “exploitation” within the ambit of the child abuse statute, Md.Ann.Code art. 27, § 35A(a)(4)(i).

The facts of this case are simple. Robert Paul Brackins is married to the mother of the then twelve-year-old victim.