COLSON v. STATE


73 So.2d 862 (1954)

COLSON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

July 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sigsbee Lee Schruggs and Parks Carmichael, Gainesville, and Miller Lang, Trenton, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Mark R. Hawes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted because he did unlawfully, knowingly and willfully resist, obstruct and oppose the sheriff of Gilchrist County in the exercise of his lawful duty contrary to F.S. Section 843.01, F.S.A. A motion for new trial was overruled and the defendant appealed.

Several questions are urged for reversal but the gist of appellant's grievance is that he brought himself within but was denied benefit of the rule announced...

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