STATE v. COCHRAN

No. 95-01623.

667 So.2d 850 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John COCHRAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Julius J. Aulisio, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The State of Florida challenges a post-verdict order granting John Cochran's motion for judgment of acquittal on the charge of battery on a law enforcement officer, reducing the verdict of guilty as charged to the lesser offense of battery. We reverse.

The incident giving rise to Cochran's charge for battery on a law enforcement officer occurred at the police station while officers were trying to fill out paperwork pursuant to Cochran's arrest...

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