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without unnecessary delay

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United States Supreme Court

Circumstances may justify a brief delay between arrest and arraignment, as for instance, where the story volunteered by the accused is susceptible of quick verification through third parties. But the delay must not be of a nature to give opportunity for the extraction of a confession.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Mallory v. United States, 354 U.S. 449 (1957).