State v. Hagen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is an appeal by the State from the district court’s dismissal of a complaint filed against defendant Robert Hagen alleging obstruction of official duty of a police officer pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3808.

A Lawrence police officer was directing traffic on Saturday, September 27, 1986, in connection with heightened traffic occasioned by the annual Rand Day of the University of Kansas. Robert Hagen allegedly stopped his automobile near to the officer and went over and argued with the officer, refused to obey the officer’s orders, and…