- Posted April 24, 2012
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Man who resisted police wins Supreme Court case
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HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court says people can resist police officers who unlawfully enter their homes.
In a 5-2 decision, the court ordered that charges be dropped against Angel Moreno Jr., a western Michigan man who was accused of obstructing officers at his home in Holland. The officers were looking for someone and tried to enter the home without a warrant.
Lower courts had upheld charges of resisting police, based on a 2004 Supreme Court decision, but justices last Friday said that case was wrongly decided.
The opinion was written by Justice Diane Hathaway. She and two other Democrats on the court were joined by two Republican justices, a rare alliance.
The dissenters were Republican justices Stephen Markman and Robert Young Jr.
Published: Tue, Apr 24, 2012
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