21-3217. Use of force in resisting arrest.

21-3217

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS PART I.--GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 32.--PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

      21-3217.   Use of force in resisting arrest.A person is not authorized to use force to resist an arrest which heknows is being made either by a law enforcement officer or by a privateperson summoned and directed by a law enforcement officer to make thearrest, even if the person arrested believes that the arrest is unlawful.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3217; July 1, 1970.