V.L. v. State

ORFINGER, R.B., J.

V.L., a child, appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating him - delinquent after having been found guilty of resisting, obstructing or opposing an officer without violence in violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (1999). We reverse the adjudication of delinquency.

Chris Rapp, an officer with the Oakland, Florida Police Department and the State’s only witness, went to V.L.’s home with the intention of arresting V.L. for a burglary that had occurred earlier that day. Officer Rapp did not have a warrant to arrest V.L. although he believed that he had probable cause to…