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2008 SESSION

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HB 232 Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Power of magistrates to issue felony arrest warrants. Provides that no magistrate may issue an arrest warrant upon the basis of a citizen complaint, for a felony offense, without prior authorization from the attorney for the Commonwealth or from a law-enforcement agency in his jurisdiction, unless the person who is to be issued the warrant has already been placed under arrest by a law-enforcement officer.

FULL TEXT

• 12/28/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084630472  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/28/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084630472
• 12/28/07  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/12/08  House: Left in Courts of Justice