STATE v. LEIGH

No. 702SC465.

178 S.E.2d 85 (1970)

10 N.C. App. 202

STATE of North Carolina v. Phillip LEIGH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Staff Atty. Ernest Evans, Raleigh, for the State.

John H. Harmon, New Bern, for defendant appellant.


MALLARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant was charged with violation of G.S. § 14-223. This statute makes it a misdemeanor "[i]f any person shall willfully and unlawfully resist, delay or obstruct a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge a duty of his office."

This statute condemns the activity of any person wilfully and unlawfully resisting or delaying or obstructing a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge a duty of...

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