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PEN - Penal
Part 1 - General Provisions
Title C - Defenses
Article 35 - Defense of Justification
35.27 - Justification; Use of Physical Force in Resisting Arrest Prohibited.
Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 35.27 (2020)
§ 35.27 Justification; use of physical force in resisting arrestprohibited.
A person may not use physical force to resist an arrest, whether authorized or unauthorized, which is being effected or attempted by a police officer or peace officer when it would reasonably appear that the latter is a police officer or peace officer.
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