Harris v. State

Because the evidence before the jury was that officers were lawfully discharging their duties when they were sent by DFCS to check on the welfare of the child, and because Harris impeded them in this lawful discharge of their duties when he pretended that he did not know to what child they were referring, the jury was authorized to find Harris guilty of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

The transcript shows that a DFCS investigator went with officers from the Crimes Against Children Unit to the home of Kayla Bagwell who had a current case with DFCS and…