Graves v. State

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 “sexually violent predator” does not encompass persons who have been convicted of criminal acts committed in another jurisdiction that would constitute a sexually…