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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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