Legal Opinion
Dobyns v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 27, 2011No. 08-CM-529PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Senior Judge:
Following a bench trial, Robert Dobyns was convicted of one count of second-degree theft in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-3211(a) — (b), -3212 (b) (2001). Dobyns challenges the Superior Court’s jurisdiction by contending that the theft took place solely in Maryland. We affirm.
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In July 2005, Renee Harris, Dobyns’s former girlfriend, permitted Dobyns to borrow her car from Forestville, Maryland, to have a stereo installed in Baltimore, Maryland. After the stereo was installed, Harris twice asked Dobyns to return her car. After the second request, Dobyns agreed to deliver…
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