Following a jury trial, Gregory Wilcox appeals his conviction on one count of felony obstruction1 and on three counts of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer.2 In addition to challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, he argues that the trial court erred in failing to give his requested instruction that misdemeanor obstruction required a showing of forcible resistance, and in overruling his objection to the prosecutor’s alleged misstatement of evidence and in failing to instruct the jury to disregard such misstatement. We hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain the conviction on all counts; that contrary to the requested jury instruction, forcible resistance is not an element of misdemeanor obstruction; and that the court sufficiently instructed the jury regarding the alleged misstatement by the prosecutor. Accordingly, we affirm. 1. When reviewing a defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Short v. State .3 We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia .4
So viewed, the evidence shows that on November 14, 2005, uniformed Officer Blevins was dispatched to a residence to pick up a person being held under arrest by police and to transport him in Officer Blevins’s marked patrol car to jail. Parking in an alley between the residence and a second residence, Officer Blevins took custody of the prisoner and placed him in the secure rear seat of Officer Blevins’s patrol car. As Officer Blevins prepared to drive out the other end of the alley in his vehicle, Wilcox the owner of the first residence appeared with a rake in his hand and stood in front of the patrol vehicle to block its exit. In conjunction with his sister who was with him, Wilcox began loudly cursing at Officer Blevins, announcing that the officer was there illegally and had no right to do what he was doing. Despite demands from Officer Blevins to move away from the vehicle and to allow him to leave, Wilcox continued blocking the vehicle’s exit and cursing the officer.
