Ruggles v. State

Dennis Scott Ruggles and Joyce D. Sea-gle appeal their convictions for the offenses of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence. We affirm.

If a person resists an arrest with violence and has reason to know the person seeking to arrest him or her is an officer of the law, the fact that the arrest was illegal is generally irrelevant. “There is no right to commit a battery upon a law enforcement officer.” State v. Roux, 702 So.2d 240, 241 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); Lowery v. State, 356 So.2d 1325 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978) (appellant’s argument that the arresting officer was…