Wilcox v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Gregory Wilcox appeals his conviction on one count of felony obstruction 1 and on three counts of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer. 2 In addition to challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, he argues that the trial court erred in failing to give his requested instruction that misdemeanor obstruction required a showing of forcible resistance, and in overruling his objection to the prosecutor’s alleged misstatement of evidence (and in failing to instruct the jury to disregard such misstatement). We hold that the evidence sufficed to…