I’m holding in my hand TWO criminal summonses for armed robbery.

I shit thee not.

Un fucking believable!!! I sure hope someone doesn't leak that info to a "friendly" reporter. Regards 18DAI

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:
I’m holding in my hand TWO criminal summonses for armed robbery.

I shit thee not.

Good fucking grief.

This kind of stuff makes me love my state.

There is no "going down and swearing out a warrant."

Law enforcement may arrest, or cite into court on almost any charge, at their discretion, with extremely limited exceptions.

Law enforcement may arrest for misdemeanors with probable cause even if the offense did not occur in their presence.

All traffic offenses are misdemeanors. Almost none result in arrest, but any of them can.

A notarized criminal complaint is a sufficient charging instrument. There is no nonsense about going and swearing out a warrant for somebody who is in custody. There is no nonsense about going to court in the morning to testify and establish PC.

A peace officer, acting within their employment has the powers of a notary.

Although we have grand juries by statute, almost all formal charging for "indictable" offenses (> a simple misdemeanor) is handled by the county attorney filing a trial information. That includes everything from marijuana possession to murder.

All criminal complaints are filed and signed by a law enforcement officer.

There is only one court system. The state's. Ordinance violations charged by cities are tried by judges employed by the state who also try state offenses. There are no little kangaroo municipal courts.

It is so much less complicated than some of this goofy shit some of you guys have to deal with.