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DOE v. STATE

Appellate Case No. 2011-194686. No. 27159.

399 S.C. 49 (2012)

731 S.E.2d 595

John DOE, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Alan Wilson in his capacity as South Carolina Attorney General, and Mark Keel, in his capacity as Chief of SLED, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Desa A. Ballard and Stephanie N. Weissenstein , both of Ballard Watson Weissenstein, of West Columbia for Petitioner John Doe.

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson , Assistant Attorney General Jared Quante Libet , and J. Emory Smith, Jr. , all of Columbia, for Respondent State.

Justice KITTREDGE.

This is a declaratory judgment action in the Court's original jurisdiction. Petitioner, who was adjudicated as a juvenile for sex crimes, seeks removal of his name from the sex offender registry. We grant relief in part, holding that a juvenile "adjudication" is the equivalent of a "conviction" under S.C.Code Ann. section 24-21-940 (2007), for purposes of entitlement to seek a pardon from the South Carolina Department

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