Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hill
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 1, 2002No. Record 012526PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing a defendant’s conviction and dismissing an indictment on the ground that the common law right to use reasonable force to resist an illegal arrest also confers a right to use reasonable force to resist an illegal detention.
John H. Hill, Jr., was indicted for assault and battery of a law enforcement officer, in violation of Code § 18.2-57(C). Hill was accused of striking Officer K. I. Fromme of the City of Suffolk Police Department while Fromme was attempting to conduct a “pat down” search of Hill to determine whether…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- State v. WiegmannCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
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