Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Re: Murder Case

The police can "arrest" you but that does not mean you will be convicted of anything.

Re: Murder Case

You can get arrested sometimes and in some places for looking cross-eyed at a police officer but under the circumstances you described, you would be unlikely to be convicted of anything. If you were charged, it would probably be under this law:

"18 Pa.C.S. � 5101 (2006)

� 5101. Obstructing administration of law or other governmental function

A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he intentionally obstructs, impairs or perverts the administration of law or other governmental function by force, violence, physical interference or obstacle, breach of official duty, or any other unlawful act, except that this section does not apply to flight by a person charged with crime, refusal to submit to arrest, failure to perform a legal duty other than an official duty, or any other means of avoiding compliance with law without affirmative interference with governmental functions."