State ex rel. A.G.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"A. Resisting an officer is the intentional interference with, opposition or resistance to, or obstruction of an individual acting in his official capacity and authorized by law to make a lawful arrest or seizure of property or to serve any lawful process or court order when the offender knows or has reason to know that the person arresting, seizing property, or serving process is acting in his official capacity. B. (1) The phrase `obstruction of' as used herein shall, in addition to its common meaning, signification, and connotation mean the following: (a) Flight by one sought to be arrested before the arresting officer can restrain him and after notice is given that he is under arrest. (b) Any violence toward or any resistance or opposition to the arresting officer after the arrested party is actually placed under arrest and before he is incarcerated in jail. (c) Refusal by the arrested party to give his name and make his identity known to the arresting officer. . . . . . (2) The word `officer' as used herein shall include deputy sheriffs, municipal police officers, and wildlife enforcement agents."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Love