an executive officer.

And this is really a more serious version

of resisting arrest.

Resisting arrest can only be filed as a misdemeanor.

The maximum sentence is a year in custody.

Whereas Penal Code 69 can be filed as a felony.

And if you're convicted, you could face up

to three years in jail or prison, sometimes more

if there's injuries involved.

Now, there's two ways to violate Penal Code 69,

resisting an executive officer.

One is to use force or violence to resist an executive officer

in the performance of their duties.

And this is a classic example of the police trying

to arrest you and you resisting and fighting back and using

force against them.

The second instance is threats or violence

that are used to try to prevent an executive officer

from performing their duty.

Now, usually these cases are filed

in a situation where the executive officer is a police

officer or a peace officer.

But really they could be filed where the executive officer is

any sort of government employee trying to do their duties.

So that would include prosecutors, judges,

animal control officers, parking enforcement officers.

If it's street-sweeping day and the meter maid is starting

to write you up a ticket, and you go and say,

you write that ticket, I'm going to kick

your ass, that would be an example of resisting

an executive officer.