Perry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “843.01 Resisting officer with violence to his or her person.—Whoever 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 Parole Commission or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation officer; 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, by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer or legally authorized person, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 936 So. 2d 725 - State v. Young

2. “1. The defendant knowingly and willfully resisted, obstructed, and/or opposed an officer by offering to do violence or doing violence to the officer; 2. At the time the officer was engaged in the execution of legal process or lawful execution of a legal duty; and 3. At the time the officer was an officer as defined by statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 936 So. 2d 725 - State v. Young