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because the employee has received or responded
to a summons, served as a juror, or attended court
for prospective jury service commits interference
with jury service, a Class B misdemeanor.
35-44.1-2-12. Interference with witness
service.
A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) dismisses an employee;
(2) deprives an employee of employment
benefits; or
(3) threatens such dismissal or depriva-
tion;
because the employee has received or responded
to a subpoena in a criminal proceeding commits
interference with witness service, a Class B mis-
demeanor.
35-44.1-2-13. Obstruction of traffic.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a
person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally
obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic commits
obstruction of traffic, a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) The offense described in subsection (a)
is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense
includes the use of a motor vehicle; and
(2) a Level 6 felony if the offense results
in serious bodily injury.
Chapter 3. Interference with
Governmental Operations.
35-44.1-3-1. Resisting law enforcement.
35-44.1-3-2. Disarming a law enforcement officer.
35-44.1-3-3. Refusal to aid an officer.
35-44.1-3-4. Escape; Failure to return to lawful deten-
tion.
35-44.1-3-5. Trafficking with an inmate.
35-44.1-3-6. Trafficking with an inmate outside a
facility.
35-44.1-3-7. Prisoner possessing dangerous device or
material.
35-44.1-3-8. Possession of a cell phone while
incarcerated.
35-44.1-3-9. Sex offender violating lifetime parole
provisions.
35-44.1-3-10. Sexual misconduct.
35-44.1-3-1. Resisting law enforcement.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) forcibly resists, obstructs, or interferes
with a law enforcement officer or a person
assisting the officer while the officer is
lawfully engaged in the execution of the
officer’s duties;
(2) forcibly resists, obstructs or interferes
with the authorized service or execution of
a civil or criminal process or order of a
court; or
(3) flees from a law enforcement officer
after the officer has, by visible or audible
means, including the operation of the law
enforcement officer’s siren or emergency
lights, identified himself or herself and
ordered the person to stop;
commits resisting law enforcement, a Class A
misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) The offense under subsection (a) is a:
(1) Level 6 felony if:
(A) the offense is described in subsec-
tion (a)(3) and the person uses a vehi-
cle to commit the offense; or
(B) while committing any offense
described in subsection (a), the per-
son draws or uses a deadly weapon,
inflicts bodily injury on or otherwise
causes bodily injury to another per-
son, or operates a vehicle in a manner
that creates a substantial risk of bodily
injury to another person;
(2) Level 5 felony if, while committing
any offense described in subsection (a), the
person operates a vehicle in a manner that
causes serious bodily injury to another
person;
(3) Level 3 felony if, while committing
any offense described in subsection (a), the
person operates a vehicle in manner that
causes the death of another person; and
(4) Level 2 felony if, while committing
any offense described in subsection (a), the
person operates a vehicle in a manner that
causes the death of a law enforcement offi-
cer while the law enforcement officer is
engaged in the officer’s official duties.
(c) If a person uses a vehicle to commit a
felony offense under subsection (b)(1)(B), (b)(2),
(b)(3), or (b)(4), as a part of the criminal penalty
imposed for the offense, the court shall impose a
minimum executed sentence of at least:
