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 must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 29-741 ; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-742
Arrest without warrant by officer or citizen; when
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Wallace (1992)
Most recently applied in State v. Wallace (June 1992)
Laws 1963, c. 159, § 14, p. 563.
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