Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person authorized to serve or execute search warrants or to make searches and seizures while engaged in the performance of his duties with regard thereto or on account of the performance of such duties, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both; and any person who in committing any violation of this section uses any deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-33d
Interference with search
Known as the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act
The act spans §§ 54–54 (78 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 195 L. Ed. 2d 560 - Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard (2016)
Most recently applied in 195 L. Ed. 2d 560 - Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard (June 2016)
(1963, P.A. 652, S. 5.)
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.