Every public officer or other person, having arrested any person upon a criminal charge, who willfully delays to take such person before a magistrate having jurisdiction, to take his examination, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Penal Code § 145
Other Offenses Against Public Justice
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 46 Cal. 2d 3 - Rogers v. Superior Court (1955)
Most recently applied in 49 Cal. App. 4th 1471 - People Ex Rel. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. County of Santa Clara (October 1996)
Enacted 1872.
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