Arrest For Obstruction In Maryland
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- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
An obstruction blocks things, like a roadblock prevents drivers to enter a street or a piece of food cuts off your windpipe. All types of obstructions block things. If you put a shelf in your doorway, that would be an obstruction: people would have a hard time getting around it.
Obstruction of justice is always considered a punishable crime. Obstruction of justice is when someone intentionally interferes with an ongoing legal investigation or prosecution. Interference does not have to occur during a trial; instead, anytime a crime is being committed.
§ 9-306. Obstruction of justice (a) A person may not, by threat, force, or corrupt means, obstruct, impede, or try to obstruct or impede the administration of justice in a court of the State.
Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others.
Generally speaking, a person commits criminal obstruction by engaging in any act that interferes with the investigation or prosecution of a crime. As defined by state and federal laws, such interference covers a lot of ground, from warning someone about a subpoena for documents to hiding a suspect from the authorities.
If (1) the defendant willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice with respect to the investigation, prosecution, or sentencing of the instant offense of conviction, and (2) the obstructive conduct related to (A) the defendant's offense of conviction and any ...
Murder, manslaughter, unlawful homicide, and rape: no time limit. Misdemeanors punishable by prison time: no time limit. All other misdemeanors: one year. Crimes involving the unlawful use of a driver's license or driver's license application fraud: 2 years.
(iii) Direction, destination, or termini signs on any passenger common carrier motor vehicle. (3) (i) A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
