From People v. Araujo, decided Tuesday by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Anthony Kline, joined by Justices James Richman and Therese Stewart):
Rosa Adriana Araujo was convicted in 2008 of three felony counts of attempting to deter or resisting an executive officer in the performance of duty by means of threats or violence. She now appeals from denials of her motions to reduce the convictions to misdemeanors and dismiss them….
Araujo's offenses occurred … when police officers went to her parents' house to conduct a probation search on her brother…. [A]ccording to the testimony of officers who were at the scene, Araujo arrived at the house shortly after the search had begun, irate, repeatedly yelling, "get the fuck out of my house, you fucking pigs," demanding to see a warrant, and saying her brother did not live there and was not on probation.
