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RIFE v. STATE

No. 557, September Term, 1969.

9 Md. App. 658 (1970)

267 A.2d 326

MICHAEL JOHN JOSEPH RIFE v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Aversa, Jr., for appellant.

Robert A. DiCicco, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Samuel A. Green, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and Edward A. DeWaters, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was submitted to MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

As of 1 July 1969 there is statutory authority in this jurisdiction for the first time for police officers and persons other than police officers to arrest without a warrant. Ch. 561, Acts 1969, codified as Maryland Code, Art. 27, §§ 594 B and 594 C. Section 594 B provides that a police officer, as defined in subsection (f) thereof, may arrest without a warrant any person:

I) for any crime

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