State v. DeRoss

MOLLOY, Judge.

Appellant, found guilty of obstructing a public officer 1 while the officer was arresting appellant’s brother, challenges his conviction primarily on the basis of certain instructions to the jury. Our determination of appellant’s contentions requires us to consider the scope and applicability of the rule which gives one the right to aid another’s resistance to an unlawful arrest.

The important figures in the case are appellant, his younger brother, Francis, and Officers Bachman and LaBash of the Phoenix police force. The events leading up to the charge against appellant occurred…