Case Name: Averil POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-12-08
Citations: 498 So. 2d 623
Docket Number: No. BH-63
Parties: Averil POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, C.J., and MILLS, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 498
Pages: 623–624

Head Matter:
Averil POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. BH-63.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 8, 1986.
Paul R. Silverman and Nancy A. Wilkov, Gainesville, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
WENTWORTH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted and sentenced for two counts of resisting an officer with violence in violation of section 843.01, Florida Statutes. The charges arose from an incident involving state correctional officers. Recent opinions of this court establish that state correctional officers are not within the intendment of section 843.01. See Thompson v. State, 493 So.2d 1081 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Graydon v. State, 492 So.2d 723 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Amaker v. State, 492 So.2d 419 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). In accordance with these decisions we therefore reverse appellant's convictions and vacate the sentences appealed.
BOOTH, C.J., and MILLS, J., concur.