Court of Appeals of Maryland· 8/30/2002

Young v. State

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806 A.2d 233
370 Md. 686
2002 Md. LEXIS 567

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holding that the obligation to register as a sex offender is “not punishment in the constitutional sense”
noting that “[a]n offender must first be ordered by the court to register”
reasoning that the “finding of the statutory predicates for sex offender registration is much more akin” to the finding of the amount owed by a defendant for purposes of restitution (which does not implicate a “statutory maximum”
“[W]e hold that requiring petitioner to register as a sex offender ... is a remedial requirement for the protection of the public.”
“The focus of [the registration requirement] is not on circumscribing the movement of offenders, but on keeping law enforcement and school officials informed of their location.”
Legislature’s placement of sex offender registry in the Criminal Procedure Article “does not necessarily indicate an intent on the part of (continued . . .

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Judges: Raker, Bell

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