Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9135 (2026)
Arrest without a warrant.
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§ 9135. Arrest without a 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 must be taken before a judge or issuing authority with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 9134 (relating to arrest prior to requisition), and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–1990 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Green, 581 A.2d 544 (Pa. 1990).
Commonwealth v. Green, 581 A.2d 544 (Pa. 1990). “This kind of delay makes a mockery of the criminal justice system and undermines the deterrent effect of criminal sentencing. 7 . The Act is also adopted in Pennsylvania at 42 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Olson, 46 Pa. D. & C.3d 648 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. 1987). “586, [42 Pa.C.S. §9135]. Defendant had a preliminary arraignment on March 2, 1987, before a district magistrate and a hearing was scheduled for March 30, 1987.”
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