1. (a) 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.

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

   1. (1) the accused must be taken before a judge or District Court commissioner with all practicable speed;
   2. (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. (3) thereafter, the answer of the accused shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.

Formerly Art. 41, § 2-214.