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In re Thomas L

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 26, 2004
4 A.D.3d 295 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

2286.

Decided February 26, 2004.

Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Myrna Martinez-Perez, J.), entered on or about August 8, 2002, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon a fact-finding determination that he committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crimes of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree and resisting arrest, and imposed a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Amy Hausknecht, for Appellant.

Alan G. Krams, for Appellant.

Before Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Rosenberger, Friedman, JJ.


Presentment Agency

The court's finding was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Appellant's disruptive conduct obstructed an official police function that was still in progress ( see Penal Law § 195.05; Matter of Davan L., 91 N.Y.2d 88; People v. Tarver, 188 A.D.2d 938, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 893). Since appellant's arrest for obstructing governmental administration was authorized, his struggle to avoid being handcuffed and placed in a police car constituted resisting arrest (Penal Law § 205.30).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

In re Thomas L

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 26, 2004
4 A.D.3d 295 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

In re Thomas L

Case Details

Full title:IN RE THOMAS L., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Feb 26, 2004

Citations

4 A.D.3d 295 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
771 N.Y.S.2d 663

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