Wellman v. State

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Jerome Wellman appeals his conviction of two counts of Resisting Law Enforcement, 1 both class A misdemeanors. In challenging the sufficiency of the' evidence supporting each conviction, Wellman calls into question the meaning of the terms “force” and “fleeing,” as those terms are used in the statute defining resisting law enforcement.

We affirm.

The facts favorable to the judgment are that on May 20, 1997, Christopher MacNeil of the Allen County Division of Family and Children’s Services went to Wellman’s house to investigate a report of child abuse. Mac-Neil was…