Indiana Code 35-33-3-1. Officer of another state in fresh pursuit; authority to arrest in this state
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-33-3-1
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- fresh pursuit: as used in this chapter shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who reasonably is suspected of having committed a felony. See Indiana Code 35-33-3-5
Sec. 1. Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit of a person in order to arrest him on ground that he is believed to have committed a felony in the other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody as has any law enforcement officer of this state to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he is believed to have committed a felony in this state.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.2.