Legal Opinion
Timothy Lawrence Doscoli v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided June 21, 2016No. 0517153PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETTY, Judge.
Timothy Lawerence Doscoli was convicted of misdemeanor refusal to aid an officer in execution of his office in violation of Code § 18.2-463 and felony assault on a law enforcement officer in violation of Code § 18.2-57. Doscoli argues that the officers had no probable cause to arrest him and therefore he had the right to use reasonable force to repel an unlawful arrest. Because we find the arrest was lawful, we affirm the trial court.
I. Background
Officer Minix and Officer Hylton of the City of Staunton Police Department were dispatched to investigate a 911 “hang-up call” that…
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