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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 843
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
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F.S. 843.02
843.02 Resisting officer without violence to his or her person.Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose 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; county probation officer; parole and probation supervisor; personnel or representative of the Department of Law Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful execution of any legal duty, without offering or doing violence to the person of the officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 2, ch. 3276, 1881; RS 2581; GS 3501; RGS 5386; CGL 7525; s. 1, ch. 63-433; s. 1, ch. 65-226; s. 3, ch. 67-2207; ss. 20, 33, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1035, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 78-116; s. 21, ch. 79-3; s. 27, ch. 79-8; s. 6, ch. 85-87; s. 41, ch. 88-122; s. 2, ch. 88-373; s. 51, ch. 88-381; s. 43, ch. 89-526; s. 209, ch. 91-224; s. 19, ch. 2014-191.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 843.02
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S843.02 - RESIST OFFICER - OBSTRUCT WO VIOLENCE - M: F



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 843.02

Total Results: 20

T.I.J., a Juvenile v. the State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: So. 3d 1080, 1085 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012); see also § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2020) (providing: “Whoever shall

Thomas v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-09-18T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Florida driver license. See §§ 316.1935(3)(a), 843.02, 322.03, Fla. Stat. (2022). He claims the trial

State of Florida v. Marlon Manuel Diaz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-09-13T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: without violence, as provided in s. 843.02. § 316.1955(1)(d), Fla. Stat. (2022). unemployed

Kendric Demarcus McNeill v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-24T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: , JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2020) (“Whoever shall resist, obstruct

STATE OF FLORIDA v. MITCHELL REDDIN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-12-15T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: resisting an officer without violence under section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2021). The State alleged that

RICHARD CARLTON JOHNSTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-02-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: an officer without violence [pursuant to section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2020)], the State had to present…establishing the commission of an offense under [section 843.02] is that the officer be in the ‘lawful execution

R.A., A JUVENILE v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-02-07T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: officer without violence in violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2021). In the body of the petition

SHARRON TASHA FORD v. CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-08-04T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: violence statute, section 843.02, Florida Statutes. 4 As noted in the majority…appellant for obstruction without violence. Section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2009), titled “Resisting officer…offensive words to support a conviction under [section 843.02].” W.W. v. State, 993 So. 2d 1182, 1185 (Fla. 4th…reversed a defendant’s conviction under section 843.02, where the defendant lied to an officer about a…obstruction without violence in violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2009). This crime requires proof

SHARRON TASHA FORD v. CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-05-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: without violence under section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2019). Section 843.02 provides: “Whoever shall…officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. . . .” § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). The crime requires…plaintiff argues that she did not violate section 843.02 because “her conduct was limited to a verbal exchange…obstructing without violence in violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2009). The alleged violations…violence statute, section 843.02, Florida Statutes.

LU JING v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-04-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: such officer, contrary to Florida Statute 843.02 (1 DEG MISD) Following a jury trial, Appellant… First, Appellant was convicted under section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2019), which defines the misdemeanor…misnomer. See id. at 516 (noting “that the title of § 843.02 is ‘resisting [an] officer,’ not ‘resisting arrest…’”). N.H. explains that the text of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2019), unambiguously applies…, 476 So. 2d 1282, 1287 (Fla. 1985)) (‘“section 843.02 . . . does not require that the officer be attempting

CHRISTOPHER ANTONIO WARD v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-05-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: arrest, regardless of the ensuing chase. See § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2017) (“Whoever shall resist, obstruct

K. T. B. v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-11-21T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: resisting an officer without violence under section 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2018). It appears he has abandoned

MARQUESE D. GOODMAN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-09-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: in the lawful execution of any legal duty. See § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2017); Brown v. State, 199 So. 3d

ANTHONY v. NIEVES v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-08-02T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: lawful execution of any legal duty." See § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2017). To revoke a defendant'

Roger N. Rosier v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-06-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: an officer with violence. Compare §§ 843.01 and 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2013).

Charles Stamitoles v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: against Stamitoles is that he violated section 843.02, Florida Statutes, which provides, in pertinent…guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.” § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2018); see also C.E.L. v. State, 24

K.O., A CHILD v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-03-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: false name to police, and violation of section 843.02, Florida Statutes (2018), for resisting arrest …a false name . . . .” (emphasis added). Section 843.02 provides: Whoever shall resist, obstruct…resisting an officer without violence under section 843.02. This case is controlled by D.T. v. State, 87

K.H. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 265 So. 3d 684

Snippet: 24 So.3d 1181, 1185-86 (Fla. 2009) ; see also § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2016). The mere act of flight alone

K.H. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 265 So. 3d 684

Snippet: 24 So.3d 1181, 1185-86 (Fla. 2009) ; see also § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2016). The mere act of flight alone

Devin Lee Bass v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-21T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: constitutes the crime of obstruction under section 843.02, Florida Statutes, whether the person was lawfully…obstruction. But wait. M.M. says that under section 843.02, “failing to give one's correct identity is