Ishola v. State

This case arises from the conviction of Kazeem Adeshina Ishola, the petitioner, in the Circuit Court for Howard County, of two counts of assuming “the identity of another,” Md.Code (2002, 2007 Supp.), § 8-301(c) of the Criminal Law Article (hereinafter § 8-301(c)). Ishola’s conviction was the result of his use of false identification, in which he apparently assumed two fictitious identities. On appeal, the Court of Special Appeals affirmed Ishola’s conviction, noting that the term “another” was not ambiguous, and meant any identity other than one’s own, including fictitious identities. Ishola…