Section 9-114 - Arrest without warrant. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-114. Arrest without warrant.
 

(a)  In general.- The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any law enforcement officer without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in a court of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year. 

(b)  Hearing.- When an accused is arrested under subsection (a) of this section: 

(1) the accused must be taken before a judge or District Court commissioner with all practicable speed; 

(2) complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 9-113 of this title; and 

(3) thereafter, the answer of the accused shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 2-214; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]