Hinson v. State

OPINION

Judge ALLARD.

A jury convicted Patrick Leon Hinson of felony failure to register as a sex offender and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance (based on his possession of marijuana), In this appeal, Hinson argues that the trial court committed plain error by: (1) allowing the jury to hear that the criminal charge was failure to register "as a sex offender"; (2) admitting evidence of the specific sex offense that gave rise to Hinson's duty to register; and (8) allowing the State to make an improper closing argument about the dangerousness of sex offenders and the need…