Resisting And Fleeing
Penal Law § 205.30 — preventing an authorized arrest is a class A misdemeanor, and so is fleeing at 25 mph over the limit
An authorized arrest. Intentionally preventing, or trying to prevent, a police officer or peace officer from making an authorized arrest of oneself or someone else is resisting arrest, a class A misdemeanor.
Fleeing in a car. A driver who knows a uniformed officer or a marked police vehicle has directed the car to stop, by its lights or its lights and siren, and then tries to get away by driving twenty-five miles per hour or more above the speed limit, or by reckless driving as the vehicle and traffic law defines it, commits unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree, a class A misdemeanor.
A class A misdemeanor carries up to 364 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Sources for this section (4)
- Penal Law § 205.30 — Resisting arrest
- Penal Law § 270.25 — Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree
- Penal Law § 70.15 — Sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors and violation
- Penal Law § 80.05 — Fines for misdemeanors and violation
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