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IN INTEREST OF JOSEPH T.

No. 23853.

430 S.E.2d 523 (1993)

In the Interest of JOSEPH T., a minor, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 10, 1993.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender, Joseph L. Savitz, III of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen., T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Donald J. Zelenka, Asst. Attys. Gen., Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia; and Sol. Joseph J. Watson, Greenville, for respondent.

FINNEY, Justice:

Appellant challenges his juvenile adjudication for violating S.C.Code Ann. § 16-15-250 (1985) alleging this statute which makes it unlawful to communicate certain messages to a female violates equal protection. We agree and reverse his adjudication and sentence for this offense.

The statute makes it a misdemeanor for:

Any person [to] anonymously write, print or by any other manner or means whatsoever, except by telephone, communicate...

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