Statutes > New York Statutes > CPL - Criminal Procedure > Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES > Title Q - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS NOT SECURABLE BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS--AND RELATED MATTERS > Article 570 - (570.02 - 570.66) SECURING ATTENDANCE OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE STATE BUT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES--RENDITION TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF DEFENDANTS > 570.34 - Arrest of accused without warrant therefor.

570.34 - Arrest of accused without warrant therefor.

§ 570.34  Arrest of accused without warrant therefor.    The  arrest of a person in this state may be lawfully made also by any  police officer or a private person, without a warrant,  upon  reasonable  information  that  the  accused  stands charged in the courts of another  state with a crime punishable  by  death  or  imprisonment  for  a  term  exceeding  one  year;  but  when  so  arrested the accused must be taken  before a local criminal court with all practicable speed  and  complaint  must  be  made  against  him under oath setting forth the ground for the  arrest as in the preceding section; and, thereafter, his  answers  shall  be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.