KLEIN, J.
The issue in this case is whether a person who identifies an undercover officer as an officer, and thus frustrates the officer's attempt to purchase drugs from a suspected drug seller, is guilty of obstructing a police officer in the lawful performance of a legal duty. We hold that the conduct, which consisted only of speech, is not a crime.
Detective Silverman of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, who was operating undercover, was attempting...
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