Connecticut § 54-170 - Arrest without warrant.
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§ 54-170. Arrest without warrant.
Sec. 54-170. Arrest without warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused shall be taken before such a judge with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 54-169; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
(1957, P.A. 362, S. 14; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 196.)
History: 1959 act deleted reference to trial justice.
Cited. 186 C. 404; 190 C. 631; 193 C. 270.
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Section 54-170 ("Arrest without warrant.") is part of the Connecticut General Statutes, the codified statutory law of Connecticut. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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