WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 46lB

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That Section(s) 461B of Article 27 - Crimes and

Punishments of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be
Section(s) 461C.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

461B.

IN ANY CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR RAPE, ATTEMPTED RAPE,
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A RAPE, ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
COMMIT A SEXUAL OFFENSE, OR ANY OTHER SEXUAL OFFENSE, THE JURY
MAY NOT BE INSTRUCTED:

(1)  TO EXAMINE WITH CAUTION THE TESTIMONY OF THE
PROSECUTING WITNESS, SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE;

(2)  THAT THE CHARGE IS EASILY MADE OR DIFFICULT TO
DISPROVE, SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE; OR

(3)  AS TO ANY OTHER SIMILAR INSTRUCTION, SOLELY
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

June 2, 1987
The Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 91.

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