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1998 SESSION

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HB 952 Capias or warrant; arrest outside locality where charge is tried.

Introduced by: Ward L. Armstrong | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Capias or warrant; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried. Provides that the arresting officer is required to (i) bring the accused before a judicial officer for a bail hearing in either the jurisdiction in which the arrest was made or where the charge will be tried or (ii) transfer the accused to a law-enforcement officer from the jurisdiction where the charge is to be tried, who must then bring him before a judicial officer for a bail hearing. Current law requires a judicial officer in the locality where the arrest is made to conduct a bail hearing.


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