State v. Lindsey

The defendant, Bernard Lindsey, appeals his conviction for resisting arrest, see RSA 642:2 (Supp. 2008), arguing that the Superior Court (Mangones, J.) erred in denying his motion to dismiss the charge at the close of the State’s case. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because once the police detained him by handcuffing and forcing him to lie on the floor, his subsequent conduct was not culpable under the resisting arrest statute. We affirm.

The jury could have found the following facts. On the evening of February 25, 2007, two Concord police officers and…