Section 2-306 - Hearing to determine lawfulness of arrest. - Maryland Statutes

§ 2-306. Hearing to determine lawfulness of arrest.
 

(a)  Necessity for hearing.- If an officer of another state makes an arrest in this State in accordance with § 2-305(a) of this subtitle, the officer shall, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a judge of the circuit court of the county in which the arrest was made for a hearing to determine the lawfulness of the arrest. 

(b)  Effect of unlawful arrest.- If the judge determines that the arrest was unlawful, the judge shall discharge the arrested person. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 596; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]