The officer who executes the warrant must take the defendant before the nearest or most accessible magistrate of the county in which the offense is triable, and must deliver to him the complaint and the warrant, with his return endorsed thereon, and the magistrate must then proceed in the same manner as upon a warrant issued by himself.
Cal. Penal Code § 828
The Warrant of Arrest
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case People v. McCrasky (1957)
Most recently applied in People v. McCrasky (April 1957)
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.
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