Dobson v. State

Sherman Woodrow Dobson, appellant, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Baltimore City for a multitude of criminal offenses including the murder of James A. “Turk” Scott. Dobson was convicted, however, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by a jury of only kidnapping, robbery with a deadly weapon, receiving stolen goods and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. Dobson received sentences aggregating fifteen years. Lamenting his convictions, Dobson has appealed to this Court where he asks:

“1. Whether [his] convictions should be reversed since the pre-trial identification…