State v. Gores

Summary

The Court affirmed Gores’s convictions for preventing arrest and domestic violence because competent evidence supported both convictions when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict. It held that an arrest is an ongoing process and that an officer need not inform a person of the cause of arrest when the person forcibly resists before the officer has an opportunity to provide that information. The Court also held that Gores’s conduct supported a finding that he willfully caused bodily injury, because willful conduct includes reckless conduct, and the evidence did not establish self-defense.