FARMER, Judge.
We affirm without discussion the trial court's finding that defendant was competent to stand trial. That leaves only the issue as to the denial of the special jury instruction defining the elements of an arrest. As hereafter discussed, we conclude that it was error under the facts of this case to refuse the instruction.
The factual background is deceptively simple. A city police officer responded to a call that a vagrant was urinating in public...
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