Michigan Supreme Court· 4/20/2012

People v. Moreno

Citations

491 Mich. 38
814 N.W.2d 624
2012 WL 1381039
2012 Mich. LEXIS 463

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holding that in Michigan, the common law right to resist an unlawful arrest was not abrogated by statute
concluding that whether the officer acted lawfully is an element of the crime of resisting or obstructing a police officer
holding that MCL 750.81d did not abrogate the common-law right to resist illegal police conduct, including unlawful arrests
holding that MCL 750.81d did not abrogate a person’s common-law right to resist or obstruct an officer in response to the officer’s giving an unlawful command or acting unlawfully
stating that the Legislature did not “intend[] to abrogate the common-law right to resist unlawful arrests or other unlawful invasions of private rights”
stating that the prosecution must establish that the officers’ actions were lawful in a case in which the defendant is charged with resisting or obstructing a police officer

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Judges: Cavanagh, Kelly, Zahra, Hathaway, Young, Markman

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