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242 A.D.2d 630 (1997)

662 N.Y.S.2d 541

In the Matter of Kara M., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

September 22, 1997

Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

"Penal Law § 205.30 defines resisting arrest as intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a police officer `from effecting an authorized arrest'" (People v Peacock, 68 N.Y.2d 675, 676). Thus, "the crime of resisting arrest does not occur if the arrest is illegal or unlawful" (People...

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