Sinclair v. State

Over three and a half years after he had been convicted of child abuse, the appellant, Clinton Edward Sinclair (Sinclair), filed a motion in his criminal case seeking a judicial determination that he was not required to register as a child sex offender. From the denial of that relief, Sinclair appeals. As explained below, we shall vacate and remand on procedural grounds without reaching the merits.

By an indictment filed January 6, 2006, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Case No. 02-K (i.e., Criminal)-06-38, Sinclair was charged, inter alia, with child abuse, alleged to have…