State v. Welch

SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.

The State seeks common law certiorari review of the circuit court’s order that grants Jeremy Wade Welch’s petition for removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender. We grant the State’s petition for writ of certiorari and quash the circuit court’s order.

Welch was charged with the second-degree felony of lewd or lascivious battery on a female under sixteen years of age, occurring on or between December 13, 1999, and March 31, 2000. The probable cause affidavit indicates that the victim stated that she had consensual sex with Welch, that she became…