State v. Wearing

Opinion

LAVINE, J.

The defendant, Edward Wearing, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, of interfering with an officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a. On appeal, the defendant raises several claims, all premised on his contention that probable cause to make the arrest is an element of the crime. The defendant argues that because the state failed to prove that the police officer who arrested him had probable cause to do so, there was insufficient evidence by which the jury could find him guilty. Because probable cause to arrest is not an element…