If a person has reasonable ground to believe that he is being arrested and that the arrest is being made by a peace officer, it is his duty to submit to arrest and refrain from using force or any weapon in resisting it, regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest.
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 594:5
Resisting Arrest
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case State v. Wiegmann (1998)
Most recently applied in Glenn v. State (October 2020)
Source. 1941, 163:5
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Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.