State v. Sorkhabi

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that resisting arrest is not a victimless crime, but rather a crime against a person where a “[djefendant must use or threaten to use physical force or any other means that creates a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer”
• discussing necessity of physical act being directed towards a police officer and rejecting argument that resisting arrest is “victimless crime”
• finding defendant’s conduct in “struggl[ing] with” officers was “squarely under” § 13-2508(A)(1)
• crime of resisting arrest, A.R.S. § 13-2508(A), not a victimless crime because statute contains element that offense be committed against or create risk of injury to another person
• defendant threatened use of force to resist an arrest when he physically “struggled” with an officer while the officer was arresting him
• resisting arrest; arresting officer victim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).