{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-170","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-170","heading":"Arrest without warrant.","body":"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 shall be taken before such a judge with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 54-169; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 964*. UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_964.htm#sec_54-170","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"b94bb5f6fae8fdcc2af262823c84c77cb8b255f5eb1a789559b8bd28bafdcd4c","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-169","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}