State v. Williams

Littlejohn, Justice:

The Defendant-Appellant, William T. Williams, was convicted by a jury of the offense of assaulting a police officer in violation of Section 16-9-320 of the Code of Laws for 1976. To be guilty of this offense, the police officer must have been attempting to make a valid arrest. He has appealed the conviction alleging basically two errors:(1) Did the court err in determining as a matter of law that the lobby of the Austin Wilkes Society Home in Columbia was a public place as contemplated by the statute making disorderly conduct an offense if committed in a public place.(2)…