Patrick Jackson v. State of Florida

The issue presented is whether appellant can be convicted of resisting arrest without violence when he refused to leave his home after the police, without a warrant or-exigent circumstances, ordered him to .come outside and submit to police custody. Because we find that ordering appellant to leave his home was unlawful, we reverse appellant’s conviction for resisting arrest without violence.-However, we find the remaining issues appellant'raises to be without merit and affirm-without comment.

The victim — a resident and maintenance worker in an apartment complex- — had been working in another…