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 the preceding section [ 31-4-13 NMSA 1978]; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
§ 31-4-14 NMSA 1978
Arrest without a warrant
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (31 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case People v. Allied Fidelity Insurance (1985)
Most recently applied in People v. Allied Fidelity Insurance (May 1985)
Laws 1937, ch. 65, § 14; 1941 Comp., § 42-1914; 1953 Comp., § 41-19-14.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.