GRAVES v. STATE

No. 84, Sept. Term, 2000.

772 A.2d 1225 (2001)

364 Md. 329

Garnell GRAVES v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia A. Cortese, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief) Baltimore, for petitioner.

Gary E. Bair, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief) Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, Judge.

We are called upon in this case to determine whether a conviction in another state of a "sexually violent offense" may be used as the predicate to establish that a person is a "sexually violent predator" under Maryland's Registration of Offenders statute as set forth in Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol., 1998 Supp.) Article 27, § 792.1 For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the statutory definition of a...

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