COOPER v. STATE

No. 98-4628.

742 So.2d 855 (1999)

David L. COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WOLF, J.

Appellant appeals from his adjudications of guilt and sentences imposed for attempted purchase of cocaine and resisting an officer without violence. He raises one issue: Whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on resisting an officer without violence by not instructing the jury that the state must prove that appellant knew the person he was resisting was an officer. We find appellant's point to have merit, and we reverse the conviction for resisting...

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