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Resisting Arrest

Early intervention in a criminal case can often make the difference between facing misdemeanor or felony charges, or indeed whether or not any charges are filed at all. Please do not hesitate to contact our office and schedule a consultation to discuss the specific facts of your case.

§ 38.03. Resisting Arrest, Search, or Transportation, Texas Penal Code

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer's presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.

(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.

(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search.

TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL LAWYERS
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Law Offices of Kennedy & Kennedy
303 West Abram Street
Arlington, Texas (TX) 76010
(817) 460-7171 Metro (817) 461-2800

The Law Offices of Kennedy & Kennedy is located in Arlington, Texas and our attorneys provide criminal defense representation for clients in Tarrant County, Arlington, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville, Keller, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Watauga, Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, Pantego, Dalworthington Gardens, Haltom City, Benbrook, White Settlement, Crowley, Saginaw, Haslet, Everman, Kennedale, Blue Mound, Grand Prairie, Burleson, River Oaks, Sansom Park, and Lake Worth.