IN INTEREST OF J.B.

No. 92-1259.

621 So.2d 489 (1993)

In the INTEREST OF J.B., a child.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Certification Denied August 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Eric M. Cumfer and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant J.B.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dawn S. Wynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee State of Florida.


WARNER, Judge.

Appellant claims that his convictions for resisting an officer and assault on a law enforcement officer should be reversed because the officer in question was not in the lawful execution of a legal duty when he attempted to enter J.B.'s home in response to a 911 call. We disagree and affirm.

A 911 call came into the Indian River County Sheriff's office at about 5:30 on a January afternoon. It was what is known as a "disconnect", meaning that...

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