Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/13/2008

Commonwealth v. Grant

Citations

71 Mass. App. Ct. 205
880 N.E.2d 820
2008 Mass. App. LEXIS 158

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resisting arrest charge appropriate where the person has been seized or detained for the purpose of effectuating an arrest, and the person understands that
“During the defendant’s flight from the police, there was no evidence to prove that he understood that the officers were effecting an arrest. He was simply running away from them”
police were effecting arrest when they ordered defendant to “get on the ground” after police pursuit in car and on foot
defendant did not resist arrest when he fled from officers who intended to arrest him because they did not objectively communicate that intention to defendant before or during pursuit
in resisting arrest case, permissible for police to explain they were executing arrest warrant for defendant, where judge \handled this difficult matter properly\ by repeating forceful, targeted limiting instructions
while flight from investigative encounter not sufficient to support charge of resisting arrest, there was sufficient understanding of intent to arrest where police drew gun and ordered defendant to “get to the ground” after chasing him

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Judges: Kafker

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