Case Name: D.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-05-10
Citations: 636 So. 2d 863
Docket Number: No. 93-2437
Parties: D.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before, NESBITT, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 636
Pages: 863–864

Head Matter:
D.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-2437.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 10, 1994.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Manuel Alvarez, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Before, NESBITT, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant seeks reversal of an adjudication of delinquency based on the State's failure to present evidence that the arresting officer was performing a legal duty under a valid pickup order.
The legality of an arrest is an essential element of the charge of resisting arrest without violence under section 843.02, Florida Statutes (1993). Lee v. State, 368 So.2d 395 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) cert. denied, 378 So.2d 349 (Fla.1979). The officers' testimony that the appellant was arrested under a valid pickup order, without the order itself introduced into evidence, was not competent proof that the order was indeed legally valid. See Smith v. State, 546 So.2d 459 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
Based on the record and the State's concession, we reverse the appellant's adjudication of delinquency.