Alden Dancio v. Police Officer

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The following paper looks at the controversial issue of resisting arrest. In particular, the paper examines the Texas approach to resisting (unlawful) arrest versus the Maryland approach to resisting arrest and finds that the latter is surprisingly more tolerant of citizens doing precisely that. The paper suggests that Texas' high rate of police mortality is part of the reason.

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"The case of Alden Dancio v. the (disgruntled) police officer is certainly a provocative one. The following paper will briefly outline whether or not there are states in America that permit an individual to be charged by the prosecutor's office for resisting arrest even after it has been established that he or she did not commit an original crime (such as disorderly conduct) that would have warranted apprehension by a police officer. The paper will also briefly discuss whether or not this author would support the institution of such a law and then look at Maryland's criminal code vis-a-vis resisting arrest to determine if that state permits the apprehension of individuals for resisting arrest in the aforementioned circumstance."

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