People v. Synnott

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “merely refusing a police officer’s lawful order to move can constitute interference with the officer in the discharge of his or her duty”
• determining that a complaint alleging the refusal to exit a vehicle was sufficient for obstruction charge
• refusing officer’s requests to exit vehicle during traffic stop provided probable cause to arrest for obstructing officer
• distinguishing Stoudt and determining that the refusal to exit a vehicle constituted obstruction
• “it cannot be good policy to remove the only stick that the police have, other than the billy club itself, to persuade such recalcitrant individuals”
• the defendant’s repeated refusal to comply with the officer’s order to exit his vehicle following a lawful traffic stop to investigate a DUI constituted obstruction where the behavior threatened the officer’s safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).