Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
"Arrest Rights"
When a peace officer informs you that "you are under arrest", how long before the law requires he or she infom your of the reason? How many hours can a peace officer detain a citizen by way of technical arrest before the peace officer has a legal requirement to inform the citizen the exact reason the citizen has been arrested for?
Asked on 9/13/99, 4:16 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Eric Chase
The Chase Law Group
Re: Arrest Rights
The only requirement that the authorities have is to file charges within 72 hours or release you. Any further questions, please call 800-382-3100 any hour/any day.
Answered on 9/22/99, 9:04 pm
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