Jones v. State

Appellant, Richard Jones, was convicted of resisting an officer without violence and possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver. Jones appeals only his conviction for resisting without violence, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal because the State failed to establish a prima facie case that he committed the crime of resisting an officer without violence. We agree that the State failed to present competent substantial evidence at trial that Jones resisted an officer without violence and reverse his conviction and sentence as to this…