State v. Harris

In a trial to the court, the defendant was found guilty of violating § 53-165 of the (General Statutes and has appealed from the judgment. This section, entitled “Resisting officer,” reads: “Any person who obstructs, resists or abuses any officer concerned in the administration of justice while in the execution of his office shall be” punished. In her assignment of errors the defendant claims that the court erred (1) in finding the defendant guilty of committing specific forbidden acts (delaying the arrest and removal of an intoxicated person by police officers and obstructing and interfering…