Robin Harper v. State of Indiana

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

In emergencies, law enforcement officers are often called upon to make split-second judgments as they do the dangerous work of protecting us all, judgments that we in a civil society endeavor to support as much as possible. But when, without any exigent cireumstances, and after being denied consensual entry, a law enforcement officer lies to gain entry into someone's home, is that officer "... lawfully engaged in the execution of the officer's duties ..." so as to justify the arrest of the owner or renter of the home and to charge her with the crime of resisting law…