People v. Bush

Delizon Bush, the defendant-appellant, was charged with public indecency * 1 and with resisting arrest. 2 34After a jury trial, he was acquitted of public indecency but convicted of resisting arrest. In this appeal he presents three issues. Without any suggestion concerning the merits of the other two, we decide only the issue whether the evidence proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant knowingly resisted the performance of an authorized act by one known to him to be a peace officer.

At about 4:00 P.M. on August 29, 1969, Bush, a man 63-years old who weighed 145 pounds, was on his way…