.280   Arrest may be made without warrant -- Conditions -- Procedure.


440.280 Arrest may be made without warrant -- Conditions -- Procedure.
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 (1) year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge 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; and thereafter his answer shall be heard
as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
Effective: June 16, 1960
History: Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 15, effective June 16, 1960.