Steven Knecht wins appeal resisting law enforcement
Steven Knecht won a reversal on appeal of a felony resisting law enforcement conviction. The State charged the defendant with, while using a vehicle, knowingly or intentionally forcibly resisting, obstructing, or interfering with a law enforcement officer while the officer was lawfully engaged in his duties as a law enforcement officer. Knecht successfully convinced the Court of Appeals that the even though the defendant knowingly or intentionally failed to stop his vehicle for the officer, no evidence existed that he used force in doing so.