Kelley v. State

McMurray, Chief Judge.

By accusation the defendant Henry Lorenzo Kelley was charged with a misdemeanor, to wit: obstruction of an officer, in that he did “unlawfully and willfully obstruct or hinder, by resisting arrest,... a law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his official duties.” Defendant was tried and convicted before the court, without the intervention of a jury, and sentenced to serve 12 months on probation with the payment of a fine and a fee for probation supervision. Defendant appeals. Held:

On the date in question a number of police officers, including two sheriffs,…