Livingston was charged with resisting arrest with violence, but convicted by the jury of resisting without violence. We conclude that he must be discharged because the underlying arrest for disorderly conduct was illegally based solely upon the defendant's use of uncivil language which was protected by the first amendment. State v. Saunders,
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