16-10-24, and there was no evidence to support such a charge in law or in fact, the trial court did not err in refusing to deny defendant's request to give a charge thereon. 92, 640 S.E.2d 673 (2006). 673, 534 S.E.2d 132 (2000); Wilder v. State, 243 Ga. App. Defenses to state obstruction of justice charge relating to interfering with criminal investigation or judicial proceeding, 87 A.L.R.5th 597. When defendant gave false identifying information to officers after a traffic stop, the defendant provided the officers with probable cause for arrest; it followed that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the defendant's conviction. It must an act of hindering the officer from doing their officials duties like: - Defendant's conviction of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, O.C.G.A. 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. 16-10-24(b) because the defendant bit two officers and kicked one several times in the abdomen as the officers were attempting to arrest the defendant; so, the evidence clearly established that the defendant was "offering or doing violence" to the officers at the time of the obstruction. 555, 67 S.E. Reid v. State, 339 Ga. App. 694, 589 S.E.2d 269 (2003); Bounds v. State, 264 Ga. App. Brown v. State, 163 Ga. App. 16-10-24(a), based on the defendant's claim that the defendant was entitled to resist an unlawful search of the defendant's premises; among other things, exigent circumstances existed to justify the officers' warrantless entry onto the defendant's property because officers observed that the defendant's dogs did not have their required rabies tags, and further investigation, including the capturing of the animals, was necessary to protect the public against a risk of rabies. Use of citizens' band (CB) radios as violation of state law, 87 A.L.R.3d 83. 12-12562, 2013 U.S. App. Essential element of offense is that officer be engaged in lawful discharge of official duties. - 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. Williams v. Hudson, F.3d (11th Cir. - Because the defendant decided to pursue an "all or nothing" defense, the trial court did not err in making the decision to not charge the jury on misdemeanor obstruction, sua sponte, as such would have undermined that defense. 760, 500 S.E.2d 627 (1998); Wilson v. State, 233 Ga. App. Yet cases against police officers can be difficult. 16-10-24) was made purposefully broad to cover actions which might not be otherwise unlawful, but which obstructed or hindered law enforcement officers in carrying out their duties. 511, 583 S.E.2d 172 (2003). 180, 424 S.E.2d 861 (1992). Fairwell v. State, 311 Ga. App. 670, 327 S.E.2d 745 (1985); Sapp v. State, 179 Ga. App. - In a parent's tort action arising from an accusation by store employees that the parent's child stole from the store, the trial court properly refused to strike evidence of an employee's conviction for violating O.C.G.A. 16-10-24(a) because an investigator had ample specific and articulable facts to justify stopping the defendant, and the circumstances were sufficient to give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct; minutes after having heard a lookout bulletin, the investigator arrived at the scene to discover a person there matching the description provided in the lookout bulletin, including having a red bag in the person's possession, the victim pointed to the person as the perpetrator, and gathered onlookers were shouting as the onlookers pointed the investigator to the defendant. 778, 673 S.E.2d 286 (2009). 777, 586 S.E.2d 448 (2003); Myers v. State, 268 Ga. App. Testimony of an arresting officer that the defendant acted as if the defendant were going to flee and generally refused to cooperate with police, and that this conduct hindered the officer in making the arrest was sufficient to convict the defendant of obstruction of an officer. 45, 749 S.E.2d 45 (2013). 16-10-20. For annual survey of criminal law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 675, 705 S.E.2d 906 (2011). S08C0986, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 386 (Ga. 2008). Carlson v. State, 280 Ga. App. Evidence was sufficient to support the jury's finding that the defendant was guilty of the charge of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer beyond a reasonable doubt because the officer who first encountered the defendant had a reasonable articulable suspicion to detain the defendant based on a9-1-1 call and dispatch, and when the officer requested that the defendant place the defendant's hands on the officer's vehicle in order to allow the officer to conduct a weapons pat-down, the defendant fled. Williams v. State, 307 Ga. App. 16-10-24. Evidence indicating that while officers were attempting to arrest the defendant in a domestic dispute, the defendant, after intentionally striking the victim one last time, intentionally punched one of the officers and then, intentionally or accidentally, struck the other with an elbow, was sufficient to support convictions for felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and simple battery. Webct.8 : willful obstruction of law enforcement officers - misdemeanor ct.9 : open container ct.11 : receipt, possession or transfer of firearm by convicted felon or felony first offender hughes joseph theron brown no show - issue bw per judge thompson - hughes @ prison - continued 3/9 - layne swanson, ccr brown karen cliett gabe t. Coley v. State, 178 Ga. App. 16-10-24(a) since a reasonable officer could not have interpreted the conduct as a knowing and willful act of hindrance or obstruction or as a threat to officer safety. 1985). Weba tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three or more people assembled of their own authority inciting a riot the use of words or other means to intentionally provoke a riot lynching the taking, by means of riot, of any person from the lawful custody of Libri v. State, 346 Ga. App. 83, 473 S.E.2d 245 (1996); Cunningham v. State, 222 Ga. App. This is why obstruction of justice is sometimes considered to be a type of white collar crime. 423, 356 S.E.2d 55 (1987); Banks v. State, 187 Ga. App. Officer was not required to have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to approach a vehicle parked in a neighborhood the officer was patrolling in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties; therefore, when the defendant exited the vehicle and attacked the officer, the evidence was sufficient to allow the trier of fact to convict defendant of interference with a law enforcement officer. 16-10-24 was supported by sufficient evidence; although an officer was not lawfully discharging the officer's duty when the officer attempted to detain a person without an articulable suspicion of criminal activity, the defendant failed to recognize that the defendant's unprovoked flight, given other suspicious circumstances including the sudden departure of a truck into which the defendant had been leaning when the officer arrived on the scene, gave rise to a reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity. Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers-Felony: 11/17/2019 12:50 AM: 3/8/2021: PLED GUILTY ON CHGS: 3/8/2021: Felony: Completed: 4: Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers-Felony: 11/17/2019 12:50 AM: 3/8/2021: PLED GUILTY ON CHGS: 3/8/2021: Felony: Completed: 3: Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers 16-10-24(b) as the jury could have found that the conduct did not rise to the level of "offering and/or doing violence" to the officer's person. Jackson v. State, 213 Ga. App. 557, 705 S.E.2d 319 (2011). - Obstruction of a prison guard conviction was upheld on appeal as sufficient evidence was provided by the prison-guard witnesses; thus, a psychologist's testimony regarding the defendant's competency did not influence the outcome of the trial. 740, 475 S.E.2d 924 (1996); Reddin v. State, 223 Ga. App. - Evidence supported the defendant's conviction of obstructing or hindering a law enforcement officer by spitting on the officer; although the defendant denied spitting and argued that only two witnesses had testified otherwise, a fact could be established by one witness, and credibility was a jury matter. - Juvenile's adjudications on the charges of loitering and obstruction of an officer arising out of the July 18 incident were reversed for failure to prove venue because, although the officer testified that the officer observed two individuals loitering outside the apartment complex, the officer never testified that the complex was in Spalding County or that the officer's pursuit of the juvenile occurred there; the state presented no other evidence of venue, and nothing in the record indicated that the trial court took judicial notice of the location of the apartment complex; and defense counsel's statements were not intended to be a stipulation of venue or that the juvenile authorized a stipulation as to venue. The trial court instructed the jury to consider the evidence in light of the charges in the indictment. 739, 218 S.E.2d 905 (1975). O.C.G.A. 66, 653 S.E.2d 358 (2007). Sys. WebIf you are convicted, you will face one to five years in prison. 516, 662 S.E.2d 291 (2008). - Inmate's obstruction of a correctional officer conviction was upheld on appeal, based on sufficient evidence describing how the officer was attacked and the extent of the officer's injuries suffered at the hand of the inmate, and testimony from one of the officer's responding to the altercation describing the altercation; hence, the evidence sufficiently supported the jury's rejection of the inmate's self-defense claim. 16-4-1 and16-10-24(a) and therefore, the seizure of defendant's person was not illegal, and the evidence gathered as a result of the seizure was not suppressed. Officers may be immune from suit, even though an individual feels he or she was mistreated. 486, 672 S.E.2d 459 (2009). Christopher Lawrence McMillion Violation of Probation (x3) Danny Eugene Singletary VOP Hold for Harris Merenda v. Tabor, 506 Fed. - Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for obstruction of a law enforcement officer, as the state proved defendant committed the obstruction act knowingly and willfully, and that the officer was lawfully discharging the officer's duties at the time of the obstruction; the state was not also required to prove the underlying offense. - Defendant, upon seeing a police officer, ran away. Lemarr v. State, 188 Ga. App. 16-10-24(b). Webwith Intent, Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officer Eric Heath Mims VOP (Agg. - When arrest of an individual in defendant's house was based on officer's hot pursuit of that individual, such arrest was a lawful activity and defendant's interference therein constituted obstruction of a law enforcement officer. 423, 677 S.E.2d 439 (2009). Evidence was sufficient to show beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant obstructed an officer in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties in violation of O.C.G.A. 555, 607 S.E.2d 197 (2004). 252, 836 S.E.2d 541 (2019). Green v. State, 339 Ga. App. Davis v. State, 263 Ga. 5, 426 S.E.2d 844, cert. 847, 512 S.E.2d 650 (1999). 16-10-24(a) was supported by sufficient evidence because the evidence showed that defendant fled after police officers ordered defendant to halt, and flight after a lawful command to halt constitutes obstruction of an officer. 20-2-698 and20-2-699; the juvenile's actions in running away despite the officer's command to stop gave the officer further reasonable suspicion that the juvenile was involved in illegal activity. Michael Farmer appointed to State Board of Pharmacy. Jarvis v. State, 294 Ga. App. 668, 344 S.E.2d 490 (1986). 64, 785 S.E.2d 900 (2016). Wilson v. Attaway, 757 F.2d 1227 (11th Cir. - Defendant's motion to suppress suspected cocaine was properly granted as: (1) police officers lacked probable cause to arrest the defendant for obstruction of justice upon the defendant's flight; (2) an initial uncoercive encounter with the police did not constitute a seizure, and the defendant was free to leave at any time; and (3) the record was devoid of any evidence about the details of an anonymous tip that the defendant was seen selling drugs in the area of the encounter; moreover, given the tip's lack of detail and failure to predict future behavior, observation of the defendant's conduct might have warranted further investigation, but it did not rise to the level of reasonable suspicion needed to briefly detain or even arrest. Steillman v. State, 295 Ga. App. 883, 267 S.E.2d 481 (1980); Duffie v. State, 154 Ga. App. 232, 561 S.E.2d 879 (2002). Brown v. State, 293 Ga. App. - There was no evidence that the arresting officer assaulted defendant first, but the appellate court concluded that the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of obstruction of an officer by refusing to obey the officer's lawful commands and by striking the officer in the face. Duncan v. State, 163 Ga. App. of When an officer asked the defendant, who was on a bicycle and had been looking into parked cars, what the defendant was doing, the defendant yelled obscenities at the officer and pedaled away; the defendant did not comply with the officer's command to come back so the officer could check the defendant's identification. 66, 653 S.E.2d 358 (2007). 16-10-24 which occurred after that employee gave a deposition, as the length of punishment that could be imposed thereunder satisfied the requirements of former O.C.G.A. 16-10-24 as defendant did not make a specific request that the phrase be defined, and the trial court fully and accurately charged the jury on the statutory definition of the crime charged. Duke v. State, 205 Ga. App. denied, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 274 (Ga. 2008). 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. - 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. In the Interest of M.P., 279 Ga. App. 17-10-7 upon conviction of felony obstruction of an officer, and during plea negotiations the state again referenced defendant's prior criminal history and reiterated the state would seek recidivist punishment, no error occurred in imposing the sentence based on lack of notice. denied, 2018 Ga. LEXIS 807 (Ga. 2018). 550, 529 S.E.2d 381 (2000). 16-10-24(a) if done by an adult; an officer witnessed the defendant behaving in a threatening manner toward a vice principal, who asked the officers to arrest the defendant, and the defendant refused to permit handcuffing by a single officer, requiring the assistance of a second officer. 247, 630 S.E.2d 847 (2006). 16-10-24) to include forms of speech which may reasonably be interpreted as a threat of violence and which amount to an obstruction or hindrance. 1, 692 S.E.2d 682 (2010). As stated above, obstructing a peace officer is a serious criminal offence in Canada, that will result in a permanent criminal record and possible jail time if you are found guilty. 148, 294 S.E.2d 365 (1982). An essential element Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes 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 by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer or legally authorized person shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon a first conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years. 2d 12 (U.S. 2016), cert. June 22, 2007)(Unpublished). Jamaarques Omaurion Cripps Terroristic Threats and Acts. 16-10-24 (a) describes the elements of misdemeanor obstruction of a 420, 469 S.E.2d 494 (1996). - Officers who attempted forcibly to resolve a civil dispute were not engaged in the lawful discharge of their official duties and did not have probable cause to arrest plaintiff for "obstruction" of their unauthorized actions. denied, No. United States v. Foskey, F.3d (11th Cir. Evidence that the defendant repeatedly disobeyed the officer's lawful directive to remain in the car for the officer's safety, that the defendant jumped out of the car and confronted the officer, and that the defendant resisted the officer's attempts to physically place the defendant in the car was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction for obstruction of an officer as the evidence showed the defendant knowingly obstructed the officer in the officer's lawful discharge of the officer's duties. Web(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, A conviction for felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer may be punished by imprisonment of as little as one, or as much as five years. 16-10-24(a) when the arresting officer observed defendant waiving a weapon around inside a bar, near a waitress and eventually near the officer personally, defendant disobeyed the officer's commands to drop the weapon and only complied when the officer engaged the defendant with a threat of force, and when the officer attempted to arrest defendant for disorderly conduct, defendant resisted. Miller v. State, 351 Ga. App. 544, 623 S.E.2d 725 (2005). 222, 535 S.E.2d 269 (2000); McLeod v. State, 245 Ga. App. 544, 623 S.E.2d 725 (2005). 2d, Obstructing Justice, 52 et seq. 75, 766 S.E.2d 533 (2014). 591, 492 S.E.2d 329 (1997); Larkin v. State, 230 Ga. App. 357, 529 S.E.2d 644 (2000). 414, 816 S.E.2d 401 (2018). 24-14-8), it could rely solely on the deputy's account of the events. Michael Farmer appointed to State Board of Pharmacy. - Acquittal on simple battery charge showed that jury was not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant intentionally made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with deputy or that appellant physically harmed the deputy intentionally, but did not show that the jury necessarily found that appellant did not obstruct or hinder the deputy in performing official duty. Alvarez v. State, 312 Ga. App. Since there was no evidence that defendant was unruly or threatened to breach the peace or even that the officer thought defendant was drunk, and defendant's sole offense was to refuse to give the defendant's name, there was no probable cause for arrest; the arrest was not lawful and defendant's physical resistance did not hinder the officer in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties. - Juvenile court, as factfinder, had sufficient circumstantial and direct evidence to support the court's adjudication of defendant, a juvenile, as a delinquent for acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted two counts of armed robbery and one count of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, in violation of O.C.G.A. WebObstruction by disguised person. 474, 702 S.E.2d 474 (2010). 764, 331 S.E.2d 99 (1985). Evidence adduced at trial authorized any rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of felony obstruction of law enforcement officers in violation of O.C.G.A. 24-4-8 (see now O.C.G.A. 468, 436 S.E.2d 676 (1993); Onwuzuruoha v. State, 217 Ga. App. Whaley v. State, 175 Ga. App. Georgia may have more current or accurate information. - Pushing the officer when the officer tried to handcuff a defendant was sufficient to support O.C.G.A. See 1976 Op. 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. - Trial court did not err in failing to grant a mistrial based on the prosecutor's allegedly impermissible argument because the trial court immediately reminded the jury of the limited purpose for which the jury could consider the other acts evidence regarding two earlier instances in which the defendant obstructed a law enforcement officer and that reminder supplemented the other points in the trial when the trial court instructed the jury as to the limited purpose of the other acts evidence. Scruggs v. State, 309 Ga. App. Poe v. State, 254 Ga. App. Davis v. State, 308 Ga. App. 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 - It was not error to refuse to merge the defendant's convictions of obstructing a public passage and obstructing a law enforcement officer under O.C.G.A. 106, 739 S.E.2d 395 (2013); Brooks v. State, 323 Ga. App. 774, 525 S.E.2d 154 (1999), overruled on other grounds by McClure v. State, 306 Ga. 856, 834 S.E.2d 96 (2019). One cannot be guilty of offense of hindering an officer unless that person knew official character of officer. 16-10-24. Reddick v. State, 298 Ga. App. 16-10-24(b). However, if you are convicted of willfully obstructing a law enforcement officer during his official duties, it is a misdemeanor. - Dispute over custody as affecting charge of obstructing or resisting arrest, 3 A.L.R. 704, 406 S.E.2d 110 (1991); Holloway v. State, 201 Ga. App. Willful Obstruction The individual willfully, intentionally resisted, delayed, or obstructed a law enforcement officer. - As a security officer was on school property when a fellow officer told the security officer that a truant juvenile was hiding behind a house, the juvenile could be pursued on suspicion of hindering an officer in the lawful discharge of duties in violation of O.C.G.A. - Trial court erroneously granted suppression of the evidence seized in a traffic stop involving two defendants in which an officer, after arresting the first defendant for obstruction, searched the car and found a substance which a field test showed to be cocaine, as the stopping officer was authorized to make the stop based on a violation of O.C.G.A. 509, 411 S.E.2d 552 (1991); Hendrix v. State, 202 Ga. App. Alfred v. Powell, F. Supp. 761, 669 S.E.2d 735 (2008). Sworn reserve officer with arrest powers was a "law enforcement officer" within the meaning of O.C.G.A. Jur. Evidence sufficiently supported a juvenile defendant's adjudication of delinquency based upon obstruction of a law enforcement officer in violation of O.C.G.A. 689, 423 S.E.2d 427 (1992); Carter v. State, 222 Ga. App. 164, 669 S.E.2d 193 (2008). 16-11-41, and once the defendant refused to exit the defendant's vehicle and physically and verbally threatened an officer, officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant for obstructing a police officer under O.C.G.A. Wilcox v. State, 300 Ga. App. Green v. State, 240 Ga. App. Mitchell v. State, 312 Ga. App. An officer had probable cause to arrest a defendant for public drunkenness and for obstruction of a police officer. 231 (2015). Watson v. State, 328 Ga. App. Scott v. State, 227 Ga. App. denied, No. Hardaway v. State, 7 Ga. App. 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. - Since the defendant made neither a verbal nor physical threat of violence to the officer but was merely obnoxious and contemptuous, the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for obstructing a law enforcement officer. For there to be a violation of O.C.G.A. Please check official sources. Dulcio v. State, 297 Ga. App. 153 (2004). 860, 534 S.E.2d 544 (2000). Johnson v. State, 330 Ga. App. 724, 261 S.E.2d 404 (1979); Rushing v. City of Plains, 152 Ga. App. Owens v. State, 329 Ga. App. Web16-10-24(A) - WILLFUL OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS - MISDEMEANOR - Cleared by Arrest 16-5-20(A) - Simple Assault/Assault - Family Violence - Cleared by Arrest 28 Male White 5 LEE ST NW #APT A, ROME, GA 30165 03/01/23 2005 DEAN AVE BRADLEY, Rome Police Department PEARSON, OLON BEECHARD 16-9-121.1(a) - Recent arrests around the county. - Because defendant was convicted of a traffic offense and given an alternative sentence of a fine or jail term, defendant was not justified in resisting an officer's attempts to jail the defendant after defendant refused to pay the fine. Spruell v. Harper, F. Supp. 16-10-24(a). 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. Williams v. State, 309 Ga. App. Mackey v. State, 296 Ga. App. WebWhen a law enforcement officer is prevented from conducting his official duties, Georgia considers it the crime of obstruction. Carlos Jermaine Evans Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon, Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officer. Cooper v. State, 270 Ga. App. Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. 828, 676 S.E.2d 274 (2009). Because a high school principal told a school security officer to be on the lookout for a juvenile who was skipping class and would be involved in an after-school fight, the officer was engaged in the lawful discharge of official duties when the officer sought to find and detain the juvenile. Feb. 23, 2011)(Unpublished). 420, 816 S.E.2d 417 (2018). 482, 669 S.E.2d 477 (2008). Jamaarques Omaurion Cripps Terroristic 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. - Trial court did not err in not defining further for the jury the phrase "lawful discharge of official duties" as that term was set forth in O.C.G.A. 246, 268 S.E.2d 74 (1980); Dumas v. State, 159 Ga. 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