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Noncompliance with a "stop and identify" law that does not explicitly impose a penalty may constitute violation of another law, such as one to the effect of "resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer". State courts have made varying interpretations of both "stop and identify" and "obstructing" laws.
"Federal law prohibits state and local actors from resisting, obstructing or otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests," reads the memo, authored by Emil ...
On December 2, 1947, now-Senator LaFond and two fellow fisherman (one of them Assemblyman Frank Le Clair) got into another clash with conservation wardens, and were charged with preventing the wardens from seizing evidence of violations of fishing laws. He was convicted of "resisting and obstructing conservation wardens in the performance of ...
LRB staff also maintain and update the official Wisconsin statutes and the rules of the legislature. LRB publishes the biennial report of laws passed at each session of the legislature and the biennial report of the state government, the Wisconsin Blue Book. In addition, the LRB operates a legislative library, and provides research and library ...
No defence (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the other person is doing something that they are required or authorized by law to do in the administration or enforcement of the law, unless the person who commits the act that constitutes the offence believes on reasonable grounds that the other person is acting unlawfully. R.S., 1985, c. C-46 ...
In the United States, a failure to obey charge is typically a misdemeanor.For example, in Virginia, it is a misdemeanor to refuse to assist an officer in responding to a breach of the peace [2] or in executing his official duties in a criminal case. [3]
The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republican majorities since January 2011. With both houses combined, the legislature has 132 members representing an equal number of constituent districts.
MADISON – A Dane County judge on Wednesday ruled provisions of Wisconsin's Act 10 law are unconstitutional and denied a motion to dismiss a case challenging the Gov. Scott Walker-era law that ...