Under what circumstances will an officer be found to have been lawfully engaged in performance of duty at the time of resistance?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, D074799 (Cal. App. 2020):
occurs"]; People v. Rasmussen (2010) 189 Cal.App.4th 1411, 1418 [officer must be lawfully engaged in performance of duty at the time of the defendant's resistance].)
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