State v. Howell

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff the State of Indiana (the State) appeals the trial court's grant of James V. Howell's motion to dismiss various criminal charges that had been filed against him. Specifically, the State contends that the case should not have been dismissed because although the police officer that arrested Howell might have conducted an illegal traffic stop, Howell did not have the right to resist the stop by fleeing in his vehicle, driving recklessly and forcibly resisting arrest. Concluding that the State's affidavit established that Howell improperly resisted arrest…