M.J.R. v. State

PETERSON, Judge.

M.J.R., a child, appeals his conviction for resisting a law enforcement officer without violence. An Orange County deputy was dispatched to an apartment where M.J.R. resided to determine whether Tony Bristol was present. Bristol’s name and location had been given to the deputy on the mistaken belief that Bristol was a runaway juvenile. M.J.R. responded, to the deputy’s knock on the apartment door and also responded affirmatively when asked about Bristol’s presence. When M.J.R. advised the deputy that he would get Bristol, he attempted to close the door, but the deputy insisted…