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IN INTEREST OF CHRISTOPHER P.

No. 2734.

328 S.C. 545 (1997)

492 S.E.2d 820

In the Interest of CHRISTOPHER P., a minor under the age of seventeen years, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 13, 1997.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia; and Solicitor W. Townes Jones, IV, Greenwood, for respondent.

CONNOR, Judge:

The family court convicted Christopher P., a juvenile, of burning personal property and third degree arson. He appeals the denial of a directed verdict motion on the arson charge. We reverse.

FACTS

After shooting pool with a friend at the student center at Erskine College, Christopher lit a cigarette and tossed the match into a planter containing an artificial tree. The ensuing fire burned the artificial tree and charred the inside...

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