STEVENSON, J.
Appellant, James Hampton, was convicted of possession of cocaine and resisting arrest without violence. At trial, Hampton validly raised the unlawfulness of his arrest as a defense to the charge of resisting arrest without violence, and requested that the jury be given a special jury instruction relating to such defense. We reverse the resisting arrest charge and hold that the trial court erred in denying appellant's request for a special jury instruction...
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