resisting unlawful arrest. The act of opposing a police officer who is making an unlawful arrest. • Most jurisdictions have accepted the Model Penal Code position prohibiting the use of force to resist an unlawful arrest when the person arrested knows that a police officer is making the arrest. But some jurisdictions allow an arrestee to use nondeadly force to prevent the arrest. See Model Penal Code §
3. [Cases: Obstructing Justice
3. C.J.S. Obstructing Justice or Governmental Administration §§ 18–29.]
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