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State v. Brown

Citations

  • 672 P.2d 1268
  • 36 Wash. App. 166
  • 1983 Wash. App. LEXIS 2999

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  • holding that objectives of Washington’s authority to arrest pursuant to assaulting police officer statutes are best achieved by concluding that it is unlaw-fill to resist arrest by an off-duty police officer who discloses his identity
  • holding that statute providing “[a] police officer may arrest a person without a warrant for committing a misdemeanor ... in the presence of the officer” does not make a distinction between the authority of police officers on or off duty

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Judges: Walterskirchen, Williams, Scholfield

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