A.B. v. State

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Defendant, A.B., appeals the juvenile court’s finding of juvenile delinquency based on six Counts of harassment, Ind.Code § 35-45-2-2(a)(4), offenses that would be Class B misdemeanors if committed by an adult.1

We reverse and remand with instructions.

ISSUE

A.B. raises five issues on appeal, only one of which we find dispositive and which we restate as follows: Whether the message authored by A.B. and posted on a myspace.com website is protected political speech.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In February of 2006, Shawn Gobert (Go-bert), principal…