Case Name: L.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-04-20
Citations: 596 So. 2d 530
Docket Number: No. 91-3929
Parties: L.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SHIVERS and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 596
Pages: 530–531

Head Matter:
L.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-3929.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 20, 1992.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Andrea D. England, Asst. Atty. Gen., for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
KAHN, Judge.
The evidence in this juvenile case is insufficient as a matter of law to support a finding that appellant, through words addressed to two Leon County sheriffs deputies, engaged in conduct prohibited by section 877.03, Florida Statutes (1991). The words used by the child were neither aggressive nor obscene, nor did they evoke "a response tending to inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of the peace." K.Y.E. v. State, 557 So.2d 956, 957 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Since the facts are insufficient to support a charge of disorderly conduct, we are also constrained to reverse the conviction for resisting an officer without violence. Id. No claim can be made that appellant's actions after her arrest fall under the prohibition of section 776.051, Florida Statutes (1991), since, although appellant was initially charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, the trial court granted a motion for judgment of acquittal on the battery charge.
REVERSED.
SHIVERS and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.