Name: 逮捕抵抗」が重罪になるのはいつ？(刑法69条) (When is "resisting arrest" a felony? (Penal Code 69))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:10:53.000Z
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Penal Code 69 defines the crime of resisting

程度の副詞

And this is really a more serious version

Resisting arrest can only be filed as a misdemeanor.

The maximum sentence is a year in custody.

Whereas Penal Code 69 can be filed as a felony.

And if you're convicted, you could face up

to three years in jail or prison, sometimes more

Now, there's two ways to violate Penal Code 69,

One is to use force or violence to resist an executive officer

And this is a classic example of the police trying

to arrest you and you resisting and fighting back and using

The second instance is threats or violence

that are used to try to prevent an executive officer

in a situation where the executive officer is a police

But really they could be filed where the executive officer is

any sort of government employee trying to do their duties.

So that would include prosecutors, judges,

animal control officers, parking enforcement officers.

If it's street-sweeping day and the meter maid is starting

to write you up a ticket, and you go and say,

your ass, that would be an example of resisting