The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made 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 with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him or her under oath, setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 12-9-16; and thereafter after that his or her answer shall be heard as if he or she had been arrested on a warrant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-9-17
Arrest without warrant
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 12-9-1 to 12-9-9 (37 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Jenkins v. Chief Justice of the District Court Department (1993)
Most recently applied in Jenkins v. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEPT. (September 1993)
P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-17.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.