Walk It Through: The Chase
The highest degree of care, a presumption of fleeing, and no defense that the arrest was unlawful.
A young driver weaves through traffic at high speed on a busy road at night.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One driver and one stop. Driving while revoked, a crash with injuries, and a civil suit for an unlawful arrest are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Highest degree of careThe care every driver has to exercise, driving in a careful and prudent manner at a speed that does not endanger anyone. A violation is a class B misdemeanor.
- InfractionAn offense carrying a fine of up to four hundred dollars.
- ResistingUsing or threatening violence or physical force, or fleeing, to prevent an arrest, stop or detention one knows or reasonably should know is happening.
- Search warrantA warrant identifying what is to be searched for and the place to be searched in enough detail that the officer can readily tell what and whom, executed only by a peace officer.