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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-170 (2025)

Arrest without warrant

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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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Cited in 3 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: Parks v. Bourbeau, 477 A.2d 636 (Conn. 1984).
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Parks v. Bourbeau, 477 A.2d 636 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 2× “” The language of the Oklahoma statute tracks the language of Connecticut General Statutes § 54-170, which is entitled “Arrest without a warrant” and provides: “The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon…”
Clark v. Comm'r of Corr., 868 A.2d 798 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 4× “On April 3,2003, the petitioner was arrested in Connecticut without a warrant, pursuant to General Statutes § 54-170, 2 as a fugitive from justice on an outstanding felony charge from the state of Texas.”
Klein v. Glick, No. 3:19-cv-01056, 2020 WL 5097444 (D. Conn. Aug. 28, 2020). · cites it 6× “” Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-170 . quotations omitted).”
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