Robinson v. State

WEANT, Judge.

After a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, appellant Killes Robinson stands convicted of rape and related charges. On appeal, Robinson presents three questions:

1. Did the trial court err in accepting the Appellant’s [waiver] election of a jury trial?

2. Did the trial court err in permitting a suggestive identification, in court?

3.. Was the evidence sufficient to sustain the Appellant’s convictions?

Facts

At trial, Rosalind Canada, the prosecuting witness, testified that she awoke during the night of 9 July 1984 to find a man, whom she later identified as Robinson,…