CRM_J 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Arrest Warrant, Traffic Ticket, Reasonable Person
16 May 2017
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Reasonable person: a person is under arrest, when a reasonable person, viewing the situation in totality of the circumstances would not feel free to leave at the end of the encounter. Intent to arrest: the police show that they are going to arrest you. Arrest authority (can arrest with a warrant or without a warrant). Jurisdiction: if you have an arrest warrant for whitman county and you are in seattle, you are allowed to be arrested their. Felony: presence, greater authority to arrest, public or private, cannot arrest in someone"s home without a warrant unless they see that the crime occurred in their house. Command by the court to show up to court on this day and time. Felonies: arrest warrant to give them the ability to get them in their house, if they believe they are definitely at their house, they usually get a search warrant too. Bench warrant: for failure to appear in court: issued by the judge.
