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Indiana Supreme Court Announces Single Act of Resisting Police Bars Multiple Counts, Regardless of Number of Officers Involved or People Killed

Loaded on Oct. 31, 2018 by David Reutter published in Criminal Legal News November, 2018, page 32
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution. Location: Indiana.

by David Reutter

The Supreme Court of Indiana held that Indiana Code § 35-44.1-3-1 authorizes only one conviction for felony resisting law enforcement where the defendant engages in a single act of resisting while operating a vehicle that causes multiple deaths.

After a motorist informed Indiana Police State Trooper James ...

 

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