People v. Vasquez

The prosecution appeals the trial court’s decision to grant defendant Mark John Vasquez, Jr.’s, motion to quash a criminal information charging him with resisting and obstructing a police officer, MCL 750.479; MSA 28.747. We reverse and remand.

I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The State Police received a complaint about a loud party. While investigating the party, a trooper approached Vasquez and asked him his name and age. Vasquez allegedly gave the trooper a false age and the real name of a different person, who was also a minor. Later that same evening, while being processed (“booked”)…