29-420 Fresh pursuit, defined. - Nebraska Statutes

29-420. Fresh pursuit, defined.For purposes of the Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit, the term fresh pursuit shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. Fresh pursuit shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay. SourceLaws 1937, c. 70, § 5, p. 256; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 29-420; R.S.1943, § 29-420; Laws 2001, LB 299, § 3. AnnotationsIn order for search to be valid in connection with fresh pursuit, felony must have been committed in another state. State v. Goff, 174 Neb. 548, 118 N.W.2d 625 (1962).