What are the legal elements for the crime of resisting a peace officer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. G.M. (In re G.M.), F075685 (Cal. App. 2018):
The legal elements for the crime of resisting a peace officer "are as follows: ' "(1) the defendant willfully resisted, delayed, or obstructed a peace officer, (2) when the officer was engaged in the performance of his or her duties, and (3) the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the other person was a peace officer engaged in the performance of his or her duties." ' " (Yount v. City of Sacramento (2008) 43 Cal.4th 885, 894-895.) "The offense is a general intent crime, proscribing only the particular act
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