C.H.C. v. STATE

No. 2D07-3426.

988 So.2d 1145 (2008)

C.H.C., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kevin Briggs, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Chandra Waite Dasrat, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

C.H.C. challenges his delinquency adjudication for obstructing or opposing an officer without violence, a violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2006). We reverse the adjudication because the State's evidence fell short of establishing that the deputy was engaged in the lawful execution of any legal duty when he attempted to detain C.H.C.

Deputy Patrick Cole was the only witness to testify at the adjudicatory hearing. While driving in...

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