POWELL v. STATE

No. BH-63.

498 So.2d 623 (1986)

Averil POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Silverman and Nancy A. Wilkov, Gainesville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced for two counts of resisting an officer with violence in violation of section 843.01, Florida Statutes. The charges arose from an incident involving state correctional officers. Recent opinions of this court establish that state correctional officers are not within the intendment of section 843.01. See Thompson v. State, 493 So.2d 1081 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Graydon...

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