{"id":14052,"date":"2018-02-16T02:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T02:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14052"},"modified":"2018-02-16T02:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T02:10:57","slug":"warrentless-arrest-a-legal-arrest-without-a-warrant-carried-out-by-a-peace-officer-or-private-citizen-when-theres-absolute-certainty-or-probable-cause-that-a-crime-was-committed-by-the-suspect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14052","title":{"rendered":"Warrentless Arrest – a legal arrest, without a warrant, carried out by a peace officer or private citizen, when there’s absolute certainty or probable cause that a crime was committed by the suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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warrantless arrest<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1958)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> A legal arrest, without a warrant, based on probable cause of a felony, or for a misdemeanor committed in a police officer\u2019s <\/strong>presence.<\/strong> \u2014 aka arrest without a warrant<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 See WARRANT. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The arrest of a person without an arrest warrant.\u00a0 A police officer may make such an arrest if a crime is committed in her presence or if she has a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

arrest without warrant<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An arrest by a peace officer, or even by a private person in some instances, which is legal, notwithstanding the absence of a warrant of arrest, because of the existence of justification under the law, as where the officer has reasonable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and that the person arrested is the person guilty of the crime, and where an arrest made by a private person was that of a person who had committed an offense in his presence. 5 Am J2d Crim L \u00a7\u00a7 22 et seq<\/span>.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0This an arrest that is carried out by a peace officer or a private citizen where there is certainty or absolute certainty that a particular crime has been committed.<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[4]:<\/span> Black’s Law Dictionary\u00a0Second Edition Online,\u00a0<\/em>“ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT”:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/thelawdictionary.org\/arrest-without-warrant\/<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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