254 Ga. App. 653 - Carlton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “a charge, preferred before a magistrate having jurisdiction, that a person named (or an unknown person) has committed a specified offense, with an offer to prove the fact, to the end that a prosecution may be instituted. The complaint can be “taken out” by the victim, the police officer, the district attorney, or other interested party. Although the complaint charges an offense, an indictment or information may be the formal charging document. The complaint is a written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. In the federal courts, it is to be made upon oath before a magistrate. Fed. R. Crim. R 3. If it appears from the complaint that probable cause exists that the person named in the complaint committed the alleged crime, a warrant (q.v.) for his arrest will be issued. Fed. R. Crim. P. 4.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carlton

2. “Enclosed is a certified copy of an arrest warrant on file at the WALKER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, LAFAYETTE, GA. Please accept this letter and copy of the warrant as a detainer on the above named subject. Please advise when this subject is ready to be released from your facility. We will pick up subject.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carlton