This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
Arrest For Obstruction In Dallas
Category:
State:
Multi-State
County:
Dallas
Control #:
US-000280
Format:
Word;
Rich Text
Instant download
Description
Free preview
Form popularity
FAQ
WHAT IS OBSTRUCTION OR RETALIATION IN TEXAS? A person commits obstruction or retaliation by intentionally or knowingly harming or threatening to harm another in retaliation for their service or status as a public servant, witness, prospective witness, or informant.
A person commits obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare if the person, alone or with other persons, does any of the following: Having no legal privilege to do so, recklessly interferes with the passage of any highway or public thoroughfare by creating an unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.
DWI's reduced to Obstruction of Highways and placed on Deferreds cannot be expunged in Texas. At most, depending on the underlying facts of the DWI, you can apply for a non-disclosure.
Texas Penal Code Section 42.03 defines obstruction of the highway as an individual obstructing a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, entrance, or exit to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or ...
The number of stops that met these criteria –sole resisting arrest stops – totaled 3,621 in 2022 (0.08%). The largest portion of these sole resisting arrest stops were initiated for reasonable suspicion of criminal activity (2,329, 64.3% of sole resisting arrest stops), followed by traffic violations (929, 25.7%).
Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others.
Resisting Arrest is one felony, because you are fighting the arrest. And evading is Fleeing Arrest which is another felony.
Texas is not a “Stop and Identify” state. There are 23 states with various “Stop and Identify” laws. Stop and ID laws require residents to provide ID any time a law enforcement officer asks to see it. Because of the limited instances in which Texas requires ID, it is considered a “Failure to Identify” state.
§ 71.04 OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC GENERALLY. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, drive or propel a vehicle in such manner as to block or obstruct the traffic on any street or alley of the city. § 71.05 OBSTRUCTING INTERSECTION OR CROSSWALK.
Texas Penal Code Section 42.03 defines obstruction of the highway as an individual obstructing a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, entrance, or exit to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or ...