In the face of the no-sock law (Penal Law, § 35.27), what is the legal effect of citizen resistance to a groundless arrest having the following factual background?
A preliminary felony hearing discloses the following facts. On June 15, 1978, at 9:35 P.M., at the Kingsbridge Road (IND) subway platform southbound, the complaining officer, while in
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