Legal Opinion
D.G. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 21, 1995No. 94-04063PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTENBERND, Judge.
D.G. appeals an order adjudicating him delinquent for obstructing a police officer without violence. We reverse because the state failed to prove that D.G.’s verbal protests crossed the threshold from protected free speech to conduct that obstructed the officers in the “execution of legal process” or in the “lawful execution of any legal duty.” § 843.02, Fla.Stat. (1993). See City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451, 107 S.Ct. 2502, 96 L.Ed.2d 398 (1987).
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