Court Opinion

ID: 9935429
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:55:59.619702+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:27.221039
License: Public Domain

I disagree with the majority's conclusion that Sims's lying to police in an effort to prevent the officers from discovering his identity could have constituted resisting arrest. The majority construes § 13A-10-41, Ala. Code 1975, too broadly and extends the statute's coverage to conduct not contemplated by the legislature. Moreover, the record contains no indication that the officers were effecting an arrest when Sims lied to them. I do, however, concur in the result, i.e., the holding that the state's evidence was insufficient to sustain Sims's conviction for resisting arrest.