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778, 673 S.E.2d 286 (2009). 606, 462 S.E.2d 630 (1995); Strickland v. State, 221 Ga. App. 569, 707 S.E.2d 917 (2011). 802, 644 S.E.2d 898 (2007). 582, 608 S.E.2d 540 (2004). 16-10-24(b). 712, 634 S.E.2d 842 (2006). Trial court did not err in refusing to charge the jury that "Something more than mere disagreement or remonstrance must be shown." 16-8-41(a) and16-10-24; two women were robbed at knifepoint and had their purses taken, and the description of the perpetrator, including the clothing worn, matched that of the juvenile, who was found three blocks from where the incident occurred and who attempted to flee when ordered to stop by police. Ga. 1991); O'Neal v. State, 211 Ga. App. 16-11-39, based on the defendant's yelling obscenities at the officer. 819, 578 S.E.2d 516 (2003). 286, 581 S.E.2d 313 (2003). 16-10-24. Loudly playing a car radio in the early morning hours and quarreling with police officers was sufficient to constitute boisterousness for purposes of O.C.G.A. 73, 498 S.E.2d 552 (1998). Defendant obstructed an officer where defendant consented to the deputy's entry into the home and defendant knowingly and willfully grabbed the deputy's arm to stop the deputy from arresting another occupant of the dwelling. - Evidence supported defendant's conviction of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer because: (1) an officer went to a residence to perform a safety check after a9-1-1 hang-up call was received from the residence; (2) comments made to the officer by a child trying to climb out of a front window led the officer to believe that a domestic violence incident might be in progress inside the residence; (3) the officer entered the home and saw defendant, who uttered profanities, walked toward the officer and ordered the officer out of the house, and the officer then stepped outside the house; (4) after another officer arrived, the officers told defendant that they needed to enter the house to investigate the call, but defendant refused to allow the officers into the house; and (5) eventually, the officers were required to arrest defendant to enter the house. 2d 222 (U.S. 2016)(Unpublished). 656, 727 S.E.2d 257 (2012). 493, 333 S.E.2d 691 (1985). 617, 647 S.E.2d 598 (2007), overruled on other grounds by State v. Lane, 2020 Ga. LEXIS 98 (Ga. 2020). 670, 327 S.E.2d 745 (1985); Sapp v. State, 179 Ga. App. Further, there was no arguable probable cause to arrest the plaintiff. Tisdale v. State, 354 Ga. App. Turner v. Jones, F.3d (11th Cir. 16-10-24 and the court did not err in charging both means to the jury. - Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for felony obstruction of a police officer as it showed that the officer, who was assisting the officer's brother in apprehending defendant after defendant was suspected of shoplifting, was in the lawful discharge of police duties, that defendant knew the officer was a police officer, and that defendant knowingly or willfully tried to injure the officer by driving defendant's vehicle while the officer was hanging half-in and half-out of the vehicle. 16-10-24(a); lying with the intent of misdirecting an officer as to the performance of the officer's official duties can certainly constitute a hindrance and authorize a conviction under that subsection. 54, 413 S.E.2d 232 (1991), overruled on other grounds, Duke v. State, 205 Ga. App. 1915A dismissal of the inmate's claims for false arrest and false imprisonment as barred by the Heck decision, the district court's dismissal was premature since the inmate had not been convicted of violating O.C.G.A. Rev. denied, 568 U.S. 956, 133 S. Ct. 460, 184 L. Ed. 589, 676 S.E.2d 252 (2009); Mathis v. State, Ga. App. Stryker v. State, 297 Ga. App. 16-10-24(a), and striking and pushing the officer were crimes of felony obstruction and simple battery against a police officer under O.C.G.A. Evidence was insufficient to convict the defendant of obstructing a law enforcement officer; the officer, though following the defendant in a marked patrol car, had never activated the car's emergency lights or siren or attempted to stop the defendant, and once the defendant stopped the car the defendant was driving and ran, the officer did not order the defendant to stop. Denial of a defendant's motion to suppress was affirmed as the defendant's flight from an improper Terry stop gave the police officers an independent basis to arrest the defendant; the methamphetamine found in close proximity was admissible. It is unlawful for any person to deprive a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2), or a correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3) of her or his weapon or radio or to otherwise deprive the officer of the means to defend herself or 1290. 12, 739 S.E.2d 32 (2013). 777, 644 S.E.2d 896 (2007). Obstruction of justice means interfering with law enforcement officers when a person assaults, batters, wounds, resists, obstructs, opposes, or endangers an officer while performing their lawful duties. In the Interest of E.J., 292 Ga. App. - Although the arresting officer was not in uniform or driving a marked car, evidence that the officer wore a badge on the officer's belt and told defendant the officer was conducting an investigation was sufficient to show that defendant knew the person was a law enforcement officer. Council v. State, 291 Ga. App. 348, 441 S.E.2d 888 (1994). 1, 692 S.E.2d 682 (2010). Kates v. State, 271 Ga. App. 64, 785 S.E.2d 900 (2016). 423, 677 S.E.2d 439 (2009). - Trial court did not err in preventing defense counsel from arguing the "illegality" of defendant's arrest, where defendant testified that defendant struck a police officer in defense of defendant's spouse, not in resistance to an unlawful arrest. 508, 820 S.E.2d 147 (2018). 442, 622 S.E.2d 587 (2005). Evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer because, by resisting the officers as the officers performed the officers' duty of investigating the domestic disturbance call, the defendant obstructed or hindered the officers. - Because injuring another's ankle amounted to doing violence, the defendant's convictions for felony obstruction merged into aggravated battery; thus, the defendant was entitled to resentencing. 412, 577 S.E.2d 85 (2003). 16-10-20 and 16-10-24 did not define the same offense, did not address the same criminal conduct, and there was no ambiguity created by different punishments being set forth for the same crime; hence, the rule of lenity did not apply. 16-7-1(a) and16-10-24(a). Upon a second conviction for a violation of this subsection, such person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than ten years. Bates v. Harvey, 518 F.3d 1233 (11th Cir. denied, No. Gillison v. State, 254 Ga. App. 757, 754 S.E.2d 798 (2014). Publishing name and address of law enforcement officer. There is not mandatory minimum sentence or fine. Boats; fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer. 326, 672 S.E.2d. Webwith Intent, Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officer Eric Heath Mims VOP (Agg. 104, 508 S.E.2d 473 (1998); Askew v. State, 248 Ga. App. 16-10-24(a) during an undercover drug sting, the defendant possessed crack cocaine and marijuana, the defendant violated the technical terms of the defendant's supervised release by failing to report to the defendant's probation officer, and the defendant associated with a known felon. 24-9-84.1(a)(1) (see now O.C.G.A. In the Interest of M.M., 265 Ga. App. - Deputy sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity with respect to plaintiff's federal civil rights claims, which were properly dismissed on summary judgment, because plaintiff did not show that the deputy violated plaintiff's constitutional rights; the deputy had probable cause to stop plaintiff for a tag-light violation under O.C.G.A. 924(e), the Armed Career Criminal Act, because the defendant's prior Georgia conviction of felony obstruction, O.C.G.A. 211, 645 S.E.2d 692 (2007). United States v. Foskey, F.3d (11th Cir. - State's evidence was sufficient to find juvenile defendant committed criminal trespass, obstructed a police officer, and interfered with government property, and the juvenile court properly adjudicated the juvenile delinquent; the juvenile threw an egg at an officer's car damaging a plastic strip on the car window, broke at least two windows in the police substation, and obstructed an officer by fleeing after the officer was identified and ordered defendant to stop. 456, 571 S.E.2d 456 (2002). 16-10-24(a), and there was no error in concluding that the deputy had a duty to intervene in an unlawful arrest. 8 (2001). Singleton v. State, 194 Ga. App. 344, 631 S.E.2d 383 (2006). 16-10-24, were supported by sufficient evidence as the evidence indicated that defendant was involved in an altercation with jail detention officers in which an officer was physically injured. In the Interest of M.P., 279 Ga. App. Solomon Lee Hill Robbery by Snatching, Simple Battery. Wagner v. State, 206 Ga. App. 564, 667 S.E.2d 410 (2008). 189, 789 S.E.2d 404 (2016). Evidence that police responded to a home to investigate a crime after speaking to an injured man, that the officer saw the defendant standing with the defendant's hands concealed in a baggy jacket and instructed the defendant, whom the officer thought might be armed, to display the defendant's hands, and that the defendant failed to comply and attacked the officer supported the defendant's conviction for felony obstruction of an officer. - Trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the contraband found on the defendant's person as a result of a traffic stop that came to fruition after an officer observed the defendant making a U-turn in front of a recently robbed bank because the defendant admitted to having a knife in the defendant's pocket but refused to remove the defendant's hand therefrom. When the defendant refused to answer an officer's questions and instead exercised the right to walk away, the officer lacked probable cause to justify an arrest for obstruction, even after the defendant began running because the defendant had the right to avoid the first-tier police-citizen encounter. Jones v. State, 242 Ga. App. The defendant resisted when officers tried to put handcuffs on the defendant and the officers were forced to wrestle the defendant to the ground before the officers could handcuff the defendant. denied, 2018 Ga. LEXIS 807 (Ga. 2018). 16-10-24(a) as the officer was in the lawful discharge of official duties when the officer asked the juvenile to stop in order to investigate the possibility of truancy pursuant to O.C.G.A. Construction with O.C.G.A. denied, 2015 Ga. LEXIS 396 (Ga. 2015). Davis v. State, 263 Ga. 5, 426 S.E.2d 844, cert. Willful= means to do it and the person has no defense to prove otherwise (i.e abnormality of mind or insanity or accident) Unlawful= the willful act is in breach (breaks) a - Because trial counsel made a reasonable decision to pursue an all-or-nothing defense strategy based on counsel's review of the evidence, the appellate court found no merit in the defendant's claim that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance due to failure to request a charge on misdemeanor obstruction as a lesser included offense of felony obstruction of an officer. Dixon v. State, 285 Ga. App. - When defendant attempted to push past federal officers during a brief investigatory stop, making contact with one of the officers, the officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant for battery and obstruction of an officer, and defendant could be fully searched in connection with such an arrest. 785, 242 S.E.2d 376 (1978); Edmonds v. City of Albany, 242 Ga. 648, 250 S.E.2d 458 (1978); Beard v. State, 151 Ga. App. Because: (1) the trial court did not err in admitting certain identification evidence alleged to be hearsay, as testimony relative to the identification was not offered for the truth of the matter asserted; (2) the defendant's requested instruction was not tailored to the facts and was potentially confusing; and (3) the defendant's character was not placed in issue, convictions of armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, and obstruction were all upheld. Green v. State, 240 Ga. App. Phillips v. State, 267 Ga. App. - Crimes of felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and simple battery on a law enforcement officer did not address the same criminal conduct, there was no ambiguity created by different punishments being set forth for the same crime, and the rule of lenity did not apply; although the defendant was convicted of both charged crimes, the trial court properly merged the misdemeanor battery conviction into the felony obstruction conviction. State v. (Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 806; Code 1863, 4370; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, 2; Code 1868, 4408; Code 1873, 4476; Code 1882, 4476; Penal Code 1895, 306; Penal Code 1910, 311; Code 1933, 26-4401; Code 1933, 26-2505, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 484, 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, 5-22/HB 310; Ga. L. 2017, p. 500, 3-4/SB 160; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, 7/SB 72.). 309, 653 S.E.2d 750 (2007), aff'd, 284 Ga. 773, 671 S.E.2d 484 (2008). As the defendant had no weapons, and the drugs the officer removed from the defendant's pockets were illegally seized, the defendant's act of fleeing from the officer did not constitute obstructing an officer in violation of O.C.G.A. Georgia may have more current or accurate information. 16-10-24, based on the defendant's conduct of fleeing into the house and hiding in the attic when the police officers arrived; thus, the defendant hampered and delayed the police in the lawful execution of police duty. Williams v. State, 196 Ga. App. Cole v. State, 273 Ga. App. Whatley v. State, 296 Ga. App. 845, 592 S.E.2d 489 (2003). Nonetheless, the error was harmless since the inmate failed to demonstrate that the inmate's conviction under 16-10-24 had been reversed or invalidated; the inmate's claims for false arrest and false imprisonment were now barred by the Heck decision. Because defendant swung at a police officer's face with a loose handcuff and violently struggled during an attempted arrest, the evidence was sufficient to sustain a felony obstruction conviction under O.C.G.A. 16-8-2 or O.C.G.A. 16-10-24(a). - Defendant was properly sentenced as an armed career criminal because the defendant's 1998 Georgia felony conviction for obstructing or hindering a law enforcement officer was a violent felony and the defendant's 1998 Georgia felony conviction for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute fell squarely within the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of a serious drug offense. Spencer v. State, 296 Ga. App. Obstruction of a Law Enforcement Officer can be charged as a misdemeanor or as felony. 16-10-24(a), and terroristic threats, O.C.G.A. 16-10-24. Trial court did not err by rejecting the defendant's written request for a jury charge on misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer as a lesser included offense of felony obstruction because the evidence established that the defendant committed felony obstruction or no crime at all, thus, there was no evidentiary basis for the charge on the lesser included offense. 7, 706 S.E.2d 710 (2011). GA Code 16-10-24 (2015) Jamaarques Omaurion Cripps Terroristic Threats and Acts. The defendant offered to do violence to the person of an officer by swinging a rake at the officer in a threatening manner when the officer sought to approach the defendant to have the defendant move from blocking the officer's vehicle. Upon a third or subsequent conviction for a violation of this subsection, such person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than 15 years. denied, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 95 (Ga. 2008). denied, No. In the Interest of E.G., 286 Ga. App. 346, 606 S.E.2d 869 (2004), overruled on other grounds, Stryker v. State, 297 Ga. App. 16-10-24(b) when the defendant struggled with the officers over the vehicle. - 58 Am. 16-10-24(a) and fleeing or attempting to elude in violation of O.C.G.A. Whaley v. State, 175 Ga. App. 896, 652 S.E.2d 915 (2007). Massey v. State, 267 Ga. App. 689, 423 S.E.2d 427 (1992). 843.05. Andrews v. State, 307 Ga. App. - Defendant failed to show that the charge against defendant for obstructing an officer by becoming verbally combative, refusing repeated orders, and resisting restraint under O.C.G.A. GA Code 16-10-24 (2015) What's This? 223, 679 S.E.2d 790 (2009). N.W., was charged Jan. 5 with theft by receiving stolen property and willful obstruction of law enforcement officers. 16-10-24(b). Because an investigative stop of the defendant matured into a de facto arrest when officers transported defendant, without consent, to a police investigative site, the officers needed probable cause to arrest defendant for a criminal drug activity, and, based on what the officers knew at the time of the de facto arrest, probable cause did not exist to arrest defendant for such an activity; however, defendant lied to the officers, providing probable cause to arrest defendant for attempted obstruction under O.C.G.A. Dixon v. State, 154 Ga. App. This evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer, O.C.G.A. 811, 714 S.E.2d 410 (2011). - When a deputy testified that the defendant resisted the deputy's efforts to break up a prison fight, then turned on the deputy, punched the deputy, and swung at the deputy repeatedly, injuring the deputy, there was sufficient evidence of mutiny in a penal institution and felony obstruction of an officer; the trial court was authorized under O.C.G.A. An officer had probable cause to arrest a defendant for public drunkenness and for obstruction of a police officer. Owens v. State, 288 Ga. App. 1001 requires that the false statement, concealment or cover up be "knowingly and willfully" done, which means that "The statement must have been made with an intent to deceive, a design to induce belief in the falsity or to mislead, but 1001 does not require an intent to defraud -- that is, the intent to deprive Butler v. State, 284 Ga. App. Ga. 2006), aff'd, 488 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. There was sufficient evidence to support convictions for felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer; disobeying the officer's lawful commands to wait and to back off constituted a misdemeanor violation under O.C.G.A. 37, 640 S.E.2d 652 (2006), overruled on other grounds, Ferrell v. Mikula, 295 Ga. App. The jury could find that when the defendant elbowed the chief in the course of the pat-down, the defendant committed felony obstruction in violation of O.C.G.A. WebThe crime of Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer is defined under state law as when a person "willfully hinders, delays, or obstructs any law enforcement officer in the Right to resist excessive force used in accomplishing lawful arrest, 77 A.L.R.3d 281. 359, 381 S.E.2d 754 (1989); Powell v. State, 192 Ga. App. stopping them doing something, de 619, 604 S.E.2d 520 (2004). 378, 532 S.E.2d 137 (2000); Burge v. State, 243 Ga. App. When an arrestee allegedly called an officer "a fucking asshole" and was arrested, the officer was properly denied summary judgment based on qualified immunity as to the arrestee's claims under the Fourth Amendment because the officer did not have arguable probable cause to arrest the arrestee for obstructing an officer since the arrestee was within the arrestee's rights to hold the arrestee's arms stiffly because the officer did not have probable cause to arrest the arrestee for disorderly conduct. Given the evidence of the defendant's effort to resist law enforcement officers, which hindered the officers in carrying out the officers' duties, the defendant's misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer convictions were upheld on appeal as supported by sufficient evidence. 16-10-24. Jarvis v. State, 294 Ga. App. - Public college's chief of police who objected to the college administration's directive that the chief of police speak with the district attorney about having the charges against a suspected laptop thief dropped reasonably believed that the chief was objecting to illegal conduct, obstruction of justice under O.C.G.A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person who knowingly and willfully obstructs or hinders any law enforcement officer, prison guard, jailer, correctional officer, community supervision officer, county or Department of Juvenile Justice juvenile probation officer, probation officer serving pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42, or game warden in the lawful discharge of his or her official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 16-10-26, prohibiting giving a false report of a crime, and O.C.G.A. 247, 630 S.E.2d 847 (2006). Given evidence that the defendant attempted to forcefully resist being handcuffed and threatened the officers as the officers were exercising the officers' lawful duties, that evidence was sufficient to find the defendant guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer. denied, No. WebObstructing or hindering law enforcement officers (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person who knowingly and willfully obstructs or Smith v. State, 294 Ga. App. Obstruction of a law enforcement officer is a common charge associated with DUI and drug possession cases. It often results from people giving a false name, resisting arrest, or running from the police. Another way is if an officer signals you to pull over and you do not pull over immediately. 688, 505 S.E.2d 774 (1998); Johnson v. State, 234 Ga. App. An essential element - Other acts evidence regarding two earlier instances of obstructing a law enforcement officer was relevant and admissible because, by expressly challenging whether the officer was lawfully discharging the officer's official duties, the defendant implicitly challenged the defendant's own knowledge that the officer's commands to the defendant were lawful; and it established that, on past occasions, the defendant had encountered officers under similar circumstances and been apprehended or accused of obstructing the officers when the defendant fled, such that the defendant knew that the officer's command that the defendant talk with the officer was made in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties and that the defendant was not free to flee. 16-10-24(b); actual violence or injury to an officer was not necessary. 113, 335 S.E.2d 622 (1985). - Accusation charging defendant with "knowingly and wilfully [obstructing] officer in the lawful discharge of his official duties as a law enforcement officer in violation of [this section]" sufficiently apprised the defendant of the acts of which defendant was accused. 324, 628 S.E.2d 730 (2006). - Former Code 1933, 26-2505 (see now O.C.G.A. Based on evidence that the defendant's conduct in hollering and cursing outside the house prevented an officer from continuing to photograph the scene and going inside to collect evidence and caused another officer to stop the officer's activities inside the house and come outside to assist, a rational trier of fact could have concluded that the defendant knowingly and willingly hindered the officer in the lawful charge of duties for purposes of a conviction for obstruction of an officer. Given the sheriff's uncontradicted statement that the sheriff ordered the streets cleared in the face of large scale rioting, and the evidence that the arrestees - later plaintiffs in a civil rights action - were among those who refused to obey the order and were arrested for obstructing the efforts of police officers to restore order, a jury issue was presented on whether their conduct hindered or impeded the sheriff in the lawful discharge of the sheriff's official duties. The prohibition of 18 U.S.C. - Defendant's convictions of obstruction of peace officers, O.C.G.A. WebObstructing a law enforcement officer such as a police officer is a gross misdemeanor in Washington State, punishable by up to 364 days behind bars and/or a maximum $5,000 fine. 832, 763 S.E.2d 122 (2014). Kendrick v. State, 324 Ga. App. WebIf you are convicted, you will face one to five years in prison. Wells v. State, 297 Ga. App. 658, 350 S.E.2d 41 (1986); Salter v. State, 187 Ga. App. 180, 424 S.E.2d 861 (1992). In the prosecution on charges of interference with government property and obstruction of a law enforcement officer, the trial court did not err in admitting evidence of the defendant's 1993 interference with government property conviction; a new trial was properly denied because the evidence was properly admitted, not as substantive evidence of the offense at issue, but only as to the issue of credibility, providing support for admission of the evidence. An officer's testimony that the defendant struggled with both the officer and a second officer at a jail before the officers could restrain the defendant was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction of obstructing the non-testifying officer. Green v. State, 339 Ga. App. Arsenault v. State, 257 Ga. App. It may be helpful to examine the laws of a specific state on this issue. - In sentencing the defendant to 120 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. Accusation must disclose official character of officer. This offense is most frequently called Resisting and Obstructing an Officer. Carlos Jermaine Evans Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon, Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officer. 16-10-24(b) for resisting that arrest; evidence regarding the defendant's resistance of the officers as the officers lawfully tried to place the defendant in custody supported the defendant's conviction for felony obstruction. 625, 490 S.E.2d 104 (1997). Evidence was not sufficient as to the obstruction count as there was no evidence that the officer commanded, rather than requested, that the defendant stop. 184, 663 S.E.2d 809 (2008). Connelly v. State, 298 Ga. App. 834, 717 S.E.2d 332 (2011). - Indictment charging defendant with misdemeanor obstruction was sufficient to apprise defendant of the acts of which defendant was accused because the indictment was substantially in the language of the statute. O.C.G.A. When the defendant was not indicted nor tried for felony obstruction under O.C.G.A. United States v. Cook, F.3d (11th Cir. Feb. 27, 2013)(Unpublished). 184, 715 S.E.2d 434 (2011). You can explore additional available newsletters here. 309, 819 S.E.2d 294 (2018). An officer testified that if the officer determined, after completing the officer's consent frisk, that the defendant had no weapons, the defendant was free to leave. See 1976 Op. 726, 175 S.E.2d 150 (1970); Ratliff v. State, 133 Ga. App. Scruggs v. State, 309 Ga. 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