People v. Lyke

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered against defendant in the Village Court of the Village of Johnson City on March 22, 1972 for a violation of section 205.30 of the Penal Law, resisting arrest. After a jury trial during which two other charges against defendant were disposed of in his favor, a verdict of guilty was returned to the misdemeanor charge which is the subject of this appeal.

Because of the complexity of the issue which must be resolved on this appeal, a brief summary of both the events which formed the basis for the charges against defendant and the trial…