548.171. Extension of time of commitment--adjournment. - Missouri Statutes

Extension of time of commitment--adjournment.

548.171. If the accused is not arrested under warrant of thegovernor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrantor bond, a judge or associate circuit judge may discharge him ormay recommit him for a further period not to exceed sixty days,or a judge or associate circuit judge may again take bail for hisappearance and surrender, as provided in section 548.161, butwithin a period not to exceed sixty days after the date of suchnew bond.

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 17)

(1954) Where court committed accused for fifteen days under § 548.151 and then recommitted him for another fifteen days under § 548.171, its power was spent and no further commitment could be made. Christopher v. Tozer (A.), 263 S.W.2d 864.