749, 637 S.E.2d 128 (2006). In the Interest of R.J.S., 277 Ga. App. Williams v. State, 192 Ga. App. 595, 634 S.E.2d 410 (2006), cert. 16-10-26, prohibiting giving a false report of a crime, and O.C.G.A. 1988). Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title There was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of obstruction of a law enforcement officer under O.C.G.A. 1563 (M.D. 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. 16-10-24. 500, 552 S.E.2d 97 (2001); Johnson v. State, 255 Ga. App. 16-10-24(b), qualified as a violent felony. "; in subsection (b), in the first sentence, inserted "jailer," near the beginning, substituted "person shall be guilty" for "person is guilty" in the middle, inserted "a first" and inserted "year" near the end, and added the second and third sentences; and added subsections (c) and (d). 16-10-24 was not warranted. - 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. WebBut McLemore was arrested on suspicion of obstruction of a law enforcement officer for failing to open his home to police. - Interference with arrest by conservation officer, 27-1-25. Council v. State, 291 Ga. App. Frasier v. State, 295 Ga. App. Alex v. State, 220 Ga. App. - Record clearly showed that the crime of obstruction was established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the crime of aggravated assault on a peace officer; thus, the convictions for aggravated assault on a peace officer and felony obstruction of a peace officer should have merged. 54, 413 S.E.2d 232 (1991), overruled on other grounds, Duke v. State, 205 Ga. App. - Evidence was sufficient to enable a jury to find that the defendant obstructed or hindered a law enforcement official in violation of O.C.G.A. 668, 716 S.E.2d 772 (2011); Foster v. State, 314 Ga. App. Defendant's conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer, in violation of O.C.G.A. 659, 574 S.E.2d 880 (2002); Grier v. State, 262 Ga. App. 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. Because direct eyewitness testimony from three eyewitnesses supported a finding that defendant struck a correctional officer while that officer was attempting to handcuff defendant, this evidence was sufficient to sustain defendant's conviction of felony obstruction of an officer. Daniel v. State, 282 Ga. App. 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 225, 573 S.E.2d 472 (2002). Of course, it can also be charged on its own. Causing harm to or intimidating a juror, witness, or member of law enforcement. Porter v. State, 224 Ga. App. - Because a count of the indictment stated that defendant committed obstruction "by offering or doing violence" to an officer "by hitting him on his face," the count charged both means of committing obstruction under O.C.G.A. Hughes v. State, 323 Ga. App. Mayfield v. State, 276 Ga. App. 2d 12 (U.S. 2016), cert. 148, 294 S.E.2d 365 (1982). denied, 510 U.S. 950, 114 S. Ct. 396, 126 L. Ed. denied, No. WebWhoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10 (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation officer; personnel or representative of 799, 643 S.E.2d 262 (2007); Grant v. State, 289 Ga. App. Mar. 363, 662 S.E.2d 185 (2008). 778, 673 S.E.2d 286 (2009). Reynolds v. State, 280 Ga. App. 739, 218 S.E.2d 905 (1975); Bailey v. State, 190 Ga. App. 137, 633 S.E.2d 439 (2006). 847, 512 S.E.2d 650 (1999). 326, 672 S.E.2d. Harris v. State, 276 Ga. App. 2007). 16-10-24. Coroner Kenny - Defendant may commit the offense of resisting arrest even after being informed that the defendant is under arrest. 401, To establish a crime under the [disclosure to a] law enforcement officer section of the Act, the Stryker v. State, 297 Ga. App. 246, 268 S.E.2d 74 (1980); Dumas v. State, 159 Ga. App. - 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. 16-10-24 for shooting a police officer who was "moonlighting" as a security guard and who intervened in a disturbance occurring on premises outside of the officer's immediate employment area's domain. 16-10-24. 156, 545 S.E.2d 312 (2001). Jamaarques Omaurion Cripps Terroristic - Legislature clearly intended former Code 1933, 26-2505 (see now O.C.G.A. Tate v. State, 278 Ga. App. 811, 714 S.E.2d 410 (2011). 16-10-24 (a) describes the elements of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer, whereas 16-10-24 (b) covers the felony elements. - Officer's second-tier Terry frisk of defendant did not constitute an illegal detention considering all of the circumstances including the defendant's repeated refusal to keep the defendant's hands away from the pockets of the defendant's baggy clothes at the officer's request, defendant's nervous demeanor, the presence of two companions, and the officer's knowledge of violent crime in the area. 774, 648 S.E.2d 105 (2007), cert. Darius Roytrell Upshaw VOP, Possession of Marijuana, Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officer Roosevelt Roland Vickers Possession of Firearm by Convicted Stepherson v. State, 225 Ga. App. Officers of the law, including judges, police officers, detectives, prosecutors, court officials, etc., need to able to work without interference. Hamm v. State, 259 Ga. App. 741, 572 S.E.2d 86 (2002). Dixon v. State, 285 Ga. App. Beckom v. State, 286 Ga. App. Excessive Force by Police Officer, 21 POF3d 685. - Defendant officer was not entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim because the officer had no arguable probable cause to arrest the plaintiff for misdemeanor obstruction under O.C.G.A. WebArticle 2 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED OFFENSES 16-10-24 - Obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers. 798, 728 S.E.2d 317 (2012). 16-10-24 beyond a reasonable doubt because, during a prison disciplinary report hearing, the inmate became loud and agitated and two officers were instructed to remove the inmate from the hearing room and place the inmate in a nearby holding cell; the inmate resisted by pulling from side to side, and then resisted being placed in the holding cell by repeatedly kicking the officers, causing the officers to wrestle the inmate to the floor to subdue the inmate. - Officers who were summoned to the scene of a domestic disturbance and saw defendant forcibly march defendant's family into their dwelling, quite possibly at gunpoint, had probable cause to effectuate a warrantless arrest for a battery constituting a family violence and, thus, were engaged in the performance of official duties for purposes of O.C.G.A. 530, 478 S.E.2d 416 (1996); Brown v. State, 224 Ga. App. On a charge of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer, the evidence that the defendant knew that the defendant was dealing with law enforcement officers was sufficient. Verbal threats of force or violence can obstruct an officer and authorize a felony conviction under O.C.G.A. - Evidence that the handcuffed defendant kicked at the arresting officer and threatened to break the officer's leg was sufficient to convict defendant of felony obstruction, as the jury could have reasonably found that the threat of violence and attempts to kick the officer tended to hinder and impede the officer's efforts to secure defendant. Trial court did not err in convicting the defendant of obstruction of an officer in violation of O.C.G.A. Michael Farmer appointed to State Board of Pharmacy. Williams v. Hudson, F.3d (11th Cir. Draper v. Reynolds, 369 F.3d 1270 (11th Cir. WebChoose the Right Synonym for willful. 517, 284 S.E.2d 33 (1981). Winder reconsiders use of Community Theater building. Owens v. State, 288 Ga. App. In an action in which the state charged that defendant violated O.C.G.A. Ga. 1991); O'Neal v. State, 211 Ga. App. Willful obstruction of a police officer means doing any act which makes it more difficult for the officer to carry out their lawful duty e.g. 445, 644 S.E.2d 305 (2007). 688, 385 S.E.2d 772 (1989); Gordon v. State, 199 Ga. App. Evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer because the defendant jumped on the officer's back and began choking the officer after the officer, in an effort to avoid being hit, took the defendant's son to the ground and placed a hand on the back of the son's neck; and, as the officer released the son and secured the defendant, the defendant struck the officer twice in the face and once in the neck. 739, 218 S.E.2d 905 (1975). 508, 820 S.E.2d 147 (2018). Tuggle v. State, 236 Ga. App. An officer's testimony that a juvenile defendant assumed a "fighting stance," placed the defendant's fists in front of the defendant's face, and yelled obscenities at officers while refusing to obey the officers' commands was sufficient to show that the defendant "offered to do violence" to the officers under O.C.G.A. 66, 653 S.E.2d 358 (2007). Ojemuyiwa v. State, 285 Ga. App. Rev. WebAccording to RCW 9A.76.020, a person is guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer if he willfully hinders, delays, or obstructs any law enforcement officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties. It must an act of hindering the officer from doing their officials duties like: 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. 746, 660 S.E.2d 841 (2008). Berrian v. State, 270 Ga. App. Clark v. State, 243 Ga. App. 16-10-24(a) and qualified immunity entitled the officer to summary judgment on an illegal arrest claim. 357, 529 S.E.2d 644 (2000). Overand v. State, 240 Ga. App. The evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of obstruction of a police officer in violation of O.C.G.A. 73 (2017). With regard to a defendant's convictions for obstruction of a police officer and other related crimes, there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions based on the single testimony of the officer involved. 564, 667 S.E.2d 410 (2008). 455, 765 S.E.2d 653 (2014). For there to be a violation of O.C.G.A. Officer who responded to a9-1-1 call regarding a victim being harassed by the defendant testified that the officer repeatedly instructed the defendant to calm down, to stop being loud and irate, and to step back from where the officer was interviewing the victim; the defendant was arrested for not complying. Mayhew v. State, 299 Ga. App. Act or Threat of Violence The individual acted in a violent manner, or threatened violence against, the law enforcement officer. Injury to the officer is not an element of felony obstruction of an officer. 301, 702 S.E.2d 211 (2010). 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. City ordinance regarding resisting arrest is null and void since offense was addressed by former Code 1933, 26-2505 (see now O.C.G.A. However, once the vehicle was lawfully stopped, the officer was allowed to ask for the driver's consent to search the car and no additional probable cause or articulable suspicion was required to simply ask the question and therefore defendant's conviction for obstructing an officer under O.C.G.A. Georgia may have more current or accurate information. 468, 436 S.E.2d 676 (1993); Onwuzuruoha v. State, 217 Ga. App. 38, 648 S.E.2d 656 (2007). When the evidence showed completion of the greater offense of felony obstruction of an officer, the defendant was not entitled to a charge on the lesser included offense of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer. denied, No. Pearson v. State, 224 Ga. App. 761, 669 S.E.2d 735 (2008). 362, 532 S.E.2d 481 (2000). 757, 833 S.E.2d 142 (2019). 493, 677 S.E.2d 680 (2009). 11, 2015)(Unpublished). - For article, "Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia," see 7 Ga. St. B.J. Nov. 16, 2011)(Unpublished). When the evidence established that the officer never had the opportunity to turn on the officer's emergency lights or siren when following defendant's vehicle, to issue a verbal command within earshot of defendant, or otherwise to communicate a command for defendant to halt, there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction for obstruction of an officer. stopping them doing something, de GA Code 16-10-24 (2015) Smith v. State, 311 Ga. App. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, There is a newer version Mayfield v. State, 276 Ga. App. 848, 663 S.E.2d 274 (2008); Diaz v. State, 296 Ga. App. Solomon Lee Hill Robbery by Snatching, Simple Battery. - Although a deputy sheriff, while working off-duty in a private position as a security guard, acted in a private capacity when the deputy/guard first approached the patron at a concert who was obstructing an aisle, the guard's capacity changed to that of a law enforcement officer discharging official duties when the patron became disorderly and threatened to break the peace. Jenkins v. State, 310 Ga. App. 40-6-202 and because the officer could search the passenger compartment of the car incident to the arrest of the first defendant. Defendant's conviction for obstruction was supported by evidence the defendant fled and thereby knowingly and wilfully hindered police officers in the lawful discharge of the officers' official duties. Arsenault v. State, 257 Ga. App. 412, 577 S.E.2d 85 (2003). 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. Tankersley v. State, 155 Ga. App. Although the defendant fled at the sight of the police, there was no evidence that the officers called out to the defendant to halt or that defendant failed to submit to a show of lawful authority; therefore, conviction under O.C.G.A. - Evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's O.C.G.A. 757, 754 S.E.2d 798 (2014). Williams v. State, 309 Ga. App. Moreover, defendant's behavior was threatening enough to compel the officer to draw a weapon and to order defendant to lie on the floor, facts from which the court could have inferred the officer was in reasonable fear of injury and thus had probable cause to arrest defendant for disorderly conduct, despite the lack of testimony from the bar owner or the waitress. In the Interest of M.P., 279 Ga. App. 731, 618 S.E.2d 607 (2005). 2d 344 (1993). 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. 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. 16-10-24). Ga. L. 2017, p. 500, 1-1/SB 160, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Back the Badge Act of 2017.'". Appx. 474, 702 S.E.2d 474 (2010). Cooper v. State, 270 Ga. App. 247, 630 S.E.2d 847 (2006). Defendant's probation was properly revoked for obstructing an officer in violation of O.C.G.A. 740, 475 S.E.2d 924 (1996); Reddin v. State, 223 Ga. App. West v. State, 296 Ga. App. Wynn v. State, 236 Ga. App. Dukes v. State, 275 Ga. App. 11, 635 S.E.2d 283 (2006). Lammerding v. State, 255 Ga. App. Brown v. State, 240 Ga. App. 512, 651 S.E.2d 817 (2007). Smith v. State, 294 Ga. App. 294, 690 S.E.2d 675 (2010). 286, 576 S.E.2d 654 (2003). 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 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. 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. 309, 764 S.E.2d 890 (2014). Reed v. State, 205 Ga. App. - Evidence was sufficient to sustain the defendant's conviction for giving false identifying information to and obstruction of law enforcement officers engaged in the lawful discharge of their official duties, O.C.G.A. 137, 648 S.E.2d 699 (2007). Three suspects arrested in smoke shop armed robbery. 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. Curtis v. State, 285 Ga. App. Despite the defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, specifically, that no evidence showed the malice element of a cruelty-to-children offense, and that the evidence failed to show the defendant harmed the police officer to support an obstruction offense, convictions on those offenses were upheld on appeal as: (1) the severity of the bite marks inflicted on the child victim allowed the court to infer malice; (2) actual harm to the officer was not an essential element of an obstruction charge; and (3) the defendant's act of swinging at the officer's face during an effort to resist arrest supported an obstruction. 739, 218 S.E.2d 905 (1975). 252, 836 S.E.2d 541 (2019). As the jury was entitled to find that the defendant's refusal to obey the officer's commands hindered or obstructed the officer, the evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction of obstruction of a law enforcement officer. Prather v. State, 279 Ga. App. - Former Code 1933, 26-2505 (see now O.C.G.A. 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. Appx. 516, 662 S.E.2d 291 (2008). 2d, Obstructing Justice, 52 et seq. 16-10-24(a) misdemeanor obstruction of an officer. - When defendant contended that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on the felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, thereby precluding defendant's counsel from arguing to the jury the absence of the elements of the offense, and when the record indicated that the trial court fully instructed the jury on the misdemeanor grade of the offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, since the defendant was not accused of committing the felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, it was unnecessary to so charge the jury. 493, 333 S.E.2d 691 (1985). - Trial court did not err by failing to merge the convictions for aggravated assault and felony obstruction because each offense required proof of an additional element that the other did not. 847, 527 S.E.2d 595 (2000); Ballew v. State, 245 Ga. App. Yet cases against police officers can be difficult. The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: "Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person who knowingly and willfully obstructs or hinders any law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his official duties is guilty of a misdemeanor. 321, 523 S.E.2d 333 (1999). 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