Rhode Island § 12-9-17 § 12-9-17. Arrest without warrant.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-9-17 — § 12-9-17. Arrest without warrant.

Rhode Island § 12-9-17

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-9Extradition

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-9-17 (2026).

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§ 12-9-17. Arrest without warrant.
The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made 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 must be taken before a judge
            with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him or her under oath,
            setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 12-9-16; and thereafter after that his or her answer shall be heard as if he or she had been
            arrested on a warrant.
         

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§ 12-9-17. Arrest without warrant.

The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made 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 must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him or her under oath, setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 12-9-16; and thereafter after that his or her answer shall be heard as if he or she had been arrested on a warrant.