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LOWERY v. STATE

No. 77-1303.

356 So.2d 1325 (1978)

William Charles LOWERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steadman S. Stahl, Jr., of Varon, Stahl, Kay & Roderman, Hollywood, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Harry M. Hipler and Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ALDERMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for resisting arrest with violence, contrary to Section 843.01, Florida Statutes (1975). The determinative issue is whether the defendant had the right to forcefully resist an allegedly unlawful arrest1 by a law enforcement officer. We hold that he did not and affirm.

Defendant has gone to great lengths to demonstrate that his warrantless arrest was not lawful because...

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