State v. A.R.R.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court’s order dismissing its delinquency petition charging Appellee, A.R.R., a juvenile, with one count of resisting a law enforcement officer with violence and three counts of battery on a law enforcement officer.1 The State asserts that the trial court erred in its finding that the law enforcement officers were not in the performance of a legal duty. We agree and reverse.

According to the State, Appellee’s mother reported to the Citrus County Sheriffs Department that the then twelve-year-old Appellee was involved in sexual activity with another…