M.A.D. v. State

ALLEN, Judge.

The appellant challenges an adjudication of delinquency for obstructing or opposing a police officer without violence. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to establish a prima facie case of this offense, and that the trial court therefore properly denied the appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal. However, we reverse on two other points.

The state had initially filed a petition for delinquency against the appellant alleging three delinquent acts, including obstructing or opposing a police officer without violence. At the adjudicatory hearing, the state abandoned…