M.R. v. State

BLACK, Judge.

M.R. challenges his adjudication of delinquency for two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, one count of resisting an officer with violence, and one count of resisting an officer without violence. M.R. contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of dismissal because the law enforcement officer was not executing a legal duty when he initially ordered M.R. to stop. We agree, in part, with M.R.’s argument and reverse the adjudication for resisting an officer without violence; we affirm in all other respects.

At the adjudication hearing, the…