Legal Opinion

State v. Womack

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided September 29, 1992No. 1 CA-CR 89-753PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge, Retired.

In our review of this case, we focus upon the distinction between avoiding arrest and resisting arrest.

Pursuant to a plea agreement, Wesley Alan Womack (“defendant”) pled guilty to three charges: flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle, a class 5 felony; possession of marijuana, a class 6 felony; and resisting arrest, a class 6 felony. The trial court suspended defendant’s sentence and imposed three years intensive probation on each count. As a condition of probation, defendant was ordered to serve one year in the county jail.

Defendant’s plea of…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. United States v. John Eldon Beck, United States of America v. John W. DickersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  4. State v. WagstaffArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Martin v. MartinArizona Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Carlos Flores-Lopez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  2. State v. SanchezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1993
  3. State of Arizona v. Samkeita Jahveh JurdenArizona Supreme Court · 2016
  4. United States v. Margarito Flores-CorderoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
  5. Goddard v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1998

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