Tag: resisting arrest

Imagine yourself in a situation where law enforcement officers are attempting to arrest you. While you haven't physically resisted them, you might hesitate to comply fully, perhaps out of confusion or frustration. In Florida, even non-violent actions that obstruct or hinder a lawful arrest can lead to criminal charges. This offense is known as resisting […]

Arrest It is essential to know your rights if you are ever in the situation of being arrested. Police are allowed to use reasonable force when making an arrest. However, it is illegal for police to use excessive force, which infringes on the civil rights of the arrestee.

The law in Florida is that when a police officer, after conducting a valid roadblock stop, develops reasonable suspicion that a driver has committed or is committing a criminal or traffic violation, the officer may lawfully order the driver to get out of his car. But where such suspicion does not exist, an officer cannot […]

           In the case of C.W. versus the State of Florida, a juvenile, whose initials were "C.W.," was arrested for the crime of resisting arrest without violence.  The relevant facts of this case are that:   "[C.W. was] standing in the road, a couple of feet from the swale, and refusing […]

           It is a federal crime for a convicted felon to be in unlawful possession of a firearm.  The maximum sentence for that crime is typically 10 years in prison.  If, however, a convicted felon has three prior convictions for a violent felony or serious drug offense when he unlawfully possesses […]

           In the case of C.B. versus the State of Florida, a juvenile with the initials "C.B." was found guilty of the crime of battery on a law enforcement officer based upon the following facts:             "On January 16, 2007, Jane Luckett called police and advised them […]

          In a recent federal case called Buckley v. Haddock, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was asked to decide whether a deputy sheriff's repeated use of a taser gun while trying to arrest a motorist by the side of the road in Washington County, Florida constituted excessive use of force in violation of the Fourth […]