D.T.B. v. State

D.T.B. was charged with obstructing/resisting arrest based on the following incident. On December 13, 2003, in the afternoon, Officers Borrego and Avila approached an apartment complex in a marked police car. The officers wanted to conduct a "voluntary field interview" with D.T.B to fill out a field interview card. Both officers testified that this is a consensual, citizen encounter. The officers saw D.T.B. standing by a tree. The officers testified that they had observed drug transactions by that tree before. However, they observed no such transactions on this occasion, nor did they suspect any. The officers did not suspect that D.T.B. was involved in any criminal activity on this occasion. When the police pulled up to the area, D.T.B. ran away. The officers yelled, "Stop, Police." D.T.B. continued to run. The officers caught D.T.B. and arrested him.