Resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the second degree
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. Roseboro (2009)
Most recently applied in United States v. Roseboro (January 2009)
L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993; am L 2001, c 91, §4; am L 2016, c 231, §48
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person commits the offense of resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the second degree if the person intentionally fails to obey a direction of a law enforcement officer, acting under color of the law enforcement officer's official authority, to stop the person's vehicle.
(2) Resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the second degree is a misdemeanor.
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.