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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 88-KA-280.

534 So.2d 529 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Janice Faye JOHNSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald T. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Jude G. Gravois, Vacherie, for plaintiff/appellee.

Dale J. Petit, Indigent Defender, Hester, for defendant/appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.

GOTHARD, Judge.

We granted a writ to review the correctness of defendant's convictions of resisting an officer and of battery of a police officer. LSA-R.S. 14:108, 14:34.2. We find that lawful grounds existed for arrest and, thus, defendant was not entitled to use force to resist. Accordingly, we affirm the defendant's convictions.1

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We review the evidence most favorably in support of the prosecution, recognizing...

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