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Criminal Law Keyed to Weaver
Hawaii v. DeCastro
Facts
Robert DeCastro (Defendant) was driving his employee, Wesley Damas (Damas), back to a warehouse when Defendant saw Officer Derek Rodrigues (Rodrigues) driving recklessly in pursuit of another driver. Rodrigues pulled the driver over, and Defendant pulled over behind Rodrigues’s police car to take down the license-plate number. Rodrigues approached the van and, according to Defendant, began speaking aggressively to Defendant and Damas. After taking Defendant’s license and registration, Rodrigues told Defendant to wait in the van while Rodrigues went back to his police car. Defendant called 911 and reported that Rodrigues was harassing him, and asked if he could leave and return to the warehouse. The 911 operator told Defendant that he could leave, and instructed him to call back when he returned to the warehouse. Defendant drove away, and Rodrigues gave chase in his police car. Additional police cars joined the chase after Rodrigues called for backup, and Defendant finally pulled over. Defendant was subsequently arrested for resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle.
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