Green

Steven Green appeals from a jury conviction in the municipal court for violation of Penal Code section 148, resisting, delaying, or obstructing a peace officer in the performance of his or her duties. We conclude that the evidence is sufficient to support the judgment and affirm the conviction.

Facts

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on August 25, 1994, Grover Beach Police Officer Shelly Brigham received a radio dispatch to check on the welfare of two small boys. Five hours earlier an anonymous party reported that a motorist was hitting two children in the front seat of a vehicle. The motorist was described as a White male with long, red-brown hair, unshaven. He was seen driving a blue vehicle, license plate No. ECP556, and traveling southbound on Highway 101 near Santa Maria. The vehicle was registered to appellant.

Officer Brigham went to appellant’s home and knocked several times. No one answered. Officer Brigham had the dispatcher call and ask the occupant to come to the door. Appellant answered the door. He matched the description of the driver who had been seen hitting the children.

Officer Brigham told him why she was there. Appellant said that he had just returned…