The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused shall be taken before such a judge with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 54-169 ; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-170
Arrest without warrant
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 54–54 (29 sections).
(1957, P.A. 362, S. 14; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 196.) History: 1959 act deleted reference to trial justice.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.