Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation
Sponsor: Delegate DumaisCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 5, 2017)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Modifying the circumstances under which a police officer is required to charge by citation; modifying the categories of offenses for which a police officer is authorized to charge by citation; and modifying the circumstances under which a police officer may charge a defendant by citation to include a defendant subject to arrest for another alleged misdemeanor involving serious injury or immediate health risk, an alleged felony related to the same incident, or an open warrant.
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