DIAMANTIS, Judge.
We reverse the trial court's order entering a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the jury verdict, which found the defendant guilty of the offense of resisting an officer with violence. See § 843.01, Fla. Stat. (1991). The trial court entered the order based on its post-trial finding that the officer's stop and detention of the defendant was illegal.
We conclude that this was error because the defendant was not privileged to...
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