314 Ga. App. 816 - Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “(2) remonstrated so loudly that she interfered with an officer’s interview of individuals who had reported a crime, despite the officer’s instruction that she leave the scene, Carter v. State, 222 Ga. App. 397, 397-398 (1) ( 474 SE2d 228 ) (1996); (3) deliberately misled the officer about his identity, Wilson v. State, 261 Ga. App. 576, 578 (2) ( 583 SE2d 243 ) (2003); [and] Herren v. State, 201 Ga. App. 509, 510 (1) ( 411 SE2d 552 ) (1991); (4) wilfully lied about the whereabouts of the subject of a bench warrant an officer was attempting to serve, Hudson [v. State,] 135 Ga. App. [739,] 742-743 (3) [( 218 SE2d 905 ) (1975)]; (5) wilfully lied to an officer, who was trying to execute an arrest warrant, about the present location of the arrestee, Duke v. State, 205 Ga. App. 689 ( 423 SE2d 427 ) (1992); and (6) deliberately misled the first responding officer about his role in a car wreck, Wells v. State, 297 Ga. App. 153, 154 (1) ( 676 SE2d 821 ) (2009).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State

2. “the statute was revised in 1986, and 'the offense of misdemeanor obstruction under existing OCGA § 16-10-24(a) no longer contains the element of violence as does the offense of felony obstruction under existing OCGA § 16-10-24(b).'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Dekalb Cnty.

3. “construed the misdemeanor obstruction statute so that violence-or its verbal equivalent-was an essential element of the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Dekalb Cnty.