Horton v. State

BROWN, Judge.

*133Darius Horton appeals from his convictions of aggravated assault on a police officer and five counts of obstruction of an officer. In his sole enumeration of error on appeal, he contends that plain error resulted from the trial court's failure to charge the jury, sua sponte, on his right to resist an unlawful arrest or excessive force. For the reasons explained below, we disagree and affirm.

The record shows that the incident leading to Horton's arrest began when Deputy Morris, a uniformed officer, received a dispatch around 6:15 p.m. to a specific address for a "physical…