Raiford v. State

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on November 16, 1980, as Louise Whitney was preparing to get into her car in the 2200 block of Lake Avenue in Baltimore City, she "felt something on [her] left shoulder.” Turning around, she saw that a black male "standing there” had "ripped [her] shoulder strap bag off [her] shoulder.” The assailant, who was tall and slender, had short hair and a mustache, and wore a brown jacket and dark trousers, then fled, with the purse, across the lawn of the nearby Saint Matthew’s Church. According to Miss Whitney, the contents of her purse included, among other things, one…