When making an arrest without a warrant, the officer shall inform the person to be arrested of his authority and the cause of the arrest, unless the person to be arrested is then engaged in the commission of an offense, or is pursued immediately after its commission or after an escape, or flees or forcibly resists before the officer has opportunity so to inform him, or when the giving of such information will imperil the arrest.
A.R.S. § 13-3888
Method of arrest by officer without warrant
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Padilla v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, ETC. (1982)
Most recently applied in Padilla v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, ETC. (September 1982)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.