Although the defendant's testimony deviated significantly from the officers', such differences were matters for the jury to resolve. 668, 538 S.E.2d 759 (2000); Shaw v. State, 247 Ga. App. Wilson v. Attaway, 757 F.2d 1227 (11th Cir. 11, 635 S.E.2d 283 (2006). 642, 725 S.E.2d 777 (2012); Taylor v. State, 319 Ga. App. Since there was no evidence showing that defendant's arrest was lawful, defendant had the right to resist with all force necessary for that purpose, and defendant's conviction for violating O.C.G.A. 259, 721 S.E.2d 202 (2011). 16-10-24(a) since the facts and circumstances would cause a prudent person to believe that the arrestee's negative responses to questions about drinking were intentional lies or, at least, constituted stubborn obstinance. Turner v. Jones, F.3d (11th Cir. Williams v. State, 260 Ga. App. Martin v. State, 291 Ga. App. When an officer arrested the defendant based on information from another officer that the defendant had been arguing with his ex-girlfriend and broke glass at the ex-girlfriend's house, and the officer observed a fresh, bleeding wound on the defendant's hand, caused by his beating on the ex-girlfriend's door, the officer had probable cause to arrest the defendant for disorderly conduct, following which defendant's attack on the officer allowed a conviction for obstruction of a law enforcement officer. - 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. 2243 (c), 2244 (a) (6) Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Custody. 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. United States v. Linker, F.3d (11th Cir. Hughes v. State, 323 Ga. App. Santos v. State, 306 Ga. App. 16-10-56. Helton v. State, 284 Ga. App. 219, 653 S.E.2d 810 (2007). Thornton v. City of Macon, 132 F.3d 1395 (11th Cir. In an armed robbery prosecution, defense counsel was not deficient in not requesting jury charges on the law of abandonment and accessory after-the-fact as there was no evidence that the defendant abandoned the crime before an overt act occurred or that the defendant was an accessory after the fact rather than a party to the robbery. 569, 711 S.E.2d 86 (2011). 89 (2017). The evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of obstruction of a police officer in violation of O.C.G.A. 807, 534 S.E.2d 487 (2000); Patterson v. State, 244 Ga. App. Gille v. State, 351 Ga. App. 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. 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. Berrian v. State, 270 Ga. App. Mai v. State, 259 Ga. App. Long v. State, 261 Ga. App. 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. Gordon v. State, 337 Ga. App. 739, 218 S.E.2d 905 (1975). 658, 350 S.E.2d 41 (1986); Salter v. State, 187 Ga. App. Smith v. State, 258 Ga. App. Criminal liability for obstructing process as affected by invalidity or irregularity of the process, 10 A.L.R.3d 1146. Green v. State, 339 Ga. App. Duke v. State, 205 Ga. App. 16-10-24(b) because the defendant refused to comply with the officer's demands that the defendant show the defendant's hands, which were hidden under a pillow and under a bed, and the defendant lunged at an officer, grabbing the barrel of the officer's gun, and trying to take the gun away from the officer. 1983 case in which a pro se inmate appealed a district court's 28 U.S.C. Mar. - 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. Spencer v. State, 296 Ga. App. 725 (1915). Failing to prosecute government officials for crimes they have committed. 326, 672 S.E.2d. 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. Nov. 16, 2011)(Unpublished). 16-10-24 and16-11-43 after the defendant placed a barricade across a roadway, refused to move the barricade when ordered to do so, and then, after the officer moved the barricade, replaced the barricade after being told by the officer not to do so. 423, 356 S.E.2d 55 (1987); Banks v. State, 187 Ga. App. 739, 218 S.E.2d 905 (1975). 98, 511 S.E.2d 201 (1999). 562, 436 S.E.2d 752 (1993). Johnson v. State, 264 Ga. App. - 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. 774, 648 S.E.2d 105 (2007), cert. McClary v. State, 292 Ga. App. - 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. Defendant's conviction of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer was supported by sufficient evidence as defendant fled when an officer first attempted to place defendant under arrest. 530, 478 S.E.2d 416 (1996); Brown v. State, 224 Ga. App. - Defendant was guilty under O.C.G.A. 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. 16-11-39(a)(3) as it was undisputed that the plaintiff uttered an epithet as the plaintiff was walking away, thus ending any face-to-face confrontation, and that the officer was the only one to hear the phrase. Evidence was sufficient for the jury to find defendant guilty of obstructing a police officer, in violation of O.C.G.A. 600, 677 S.E.2d 758 (2009). Defendant's conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer, in violation of O.C.G.A. unruly 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 Felony obstruction conviction was reversed since there was no evidence that defendant's verbal threats made against the arresting officer obstructed completion of the officer's duties, the threats were made while defendant was already in custody and cooperating with the officer, and concerned future acts of violence, and not imminent acts that if carried out would have prevented the officer from completing the arrest. Trial court did not err in refusing to charge the jury that "Something more than mere disagreement or remonstrance must be shown." 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. This is why obstruction of justice is sometimes considered to be a type of white collar crime. Scruggs v. State, 309 Ga. App. - Because misdemeanor obstruction was a lesser included offense of felony obstruction, the defendant's convictions for felony and misdemeanor obstruction should have been merged; therefore, the defendant's sentence was void. 796, 476 S.E.2d 18 (1996). 16-10-24(a) and16-11-37(a). Hoglen v. State, 336 Ga. App. Panzner v. State, 273 Ga. App. An officer arrested the defendant, whose vehicle was stopped on a road, for refusing to comply with the officer's order to leave the area. Phillips v. State, 269 Ga. App. 263, 793 S.E.2d 156 (2016). Carter v. State, 267 Ga. App. McCook v. State, 145 Ga. App. Cited in Shaw v. Jones, 226 Ga. 291, 174 S.E.2d 444 (1970); Shaw v. State, 121 Ga. App. 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. 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