People v. Harewood

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, ren-' dered April 7, 1975, convicting defendant of resisting arrest (Penal Law, *877§ 205.30) and sentencing him to probation for a period of three years, is unanimously reversed, on the law, and a new trial ordered on the fourth count of the indictment (resisting arrest). Defendant indicted for several counts of the crimes of assault in the second degree, resisting arrest, harassment, and disorderly conduct, was acquitted by the jury on all counts except one count of resisting arrest. An essential element of the crime of resisting arrest is that the…