People v. Casler

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of obstructing justice for knowingly, with intent to prevent his arrest on warrants, providing a false name to a police officer. State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant obstructed justice. State presented circumstantial evidence from which a rational jury could conclude that Defendant knew the police were present before he entered hotel room's bathroom, and that he provided the false name with intent to prevent his apprehension. Defendant made eye contact with a uniformed officer when Defendant emerged from hotel room and then retreated back into room, slamming door behind him, implies that he knew police were present.(CHAPMAN and MOORE, concurring.)