FRANCIS v. STATE

No. 98-2546.

736 So.2d 97 (1999)

Nellie FRANCIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Gentry Denise Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

Nellie Francis ("Nellie") timely appeals after a jury found her guilty of resisting and/or obstructing a police officer without violence in violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (1997). She raises two points on appeal, both directed to her motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

This case began after 14 year-old Sheldon Francis accused his father and Nellie's husband, Michael Francis, of beating him. Floyd Francis, Sheldon's brother...

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