Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 437

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 390

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 19, TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 1904 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by adding a new subsection (c) as follows:

"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an arrest by a peace officer without a warrant for violation of probation is lawful whenever the peace officer has a reasonable ground to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a new offense within or without the State during a period of probation and has thereby violated a condition of said probation imposed upon the person by a court of this State. A reasonable ground to believe that a person has committed a new offense may be based upon, but is not limited to, a finding of probable cause to issue a warrant for the new offense made by a neutral magistrate, an indictment returned by a grand jury for the new offense, or an information for the new offense filed in any court.

Any person arrested pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of §1909 of this Title, at which time bail shall be set on both the new offense and the violation of probation."

Approved July 3, 1996