Ishola v. State

*168Dissenting Opinion by BATTAGLIA, J., which HARRELL, J., joins.

I respectfully dissent.

In the present case, Kazeem Adeshina Ishola was convicted of two counts of assuming the “identity of another” in violation of Section 8-301(c) of the Criminal Law Article, Maryland Code (2002, 2007 Supp.), for using two different false identifications, those of “Christopher J. Pitera” and “James P. Nicholas,” in attempts to open bank accounts with Branch, Banking & Trust (“BB & T”) on two occasions; during their investigation, the police were unable to locate persons named “Christopher J. Pitera” and “James…