HB 641 -- Confinement Without Process

Co-Sponsors:  Jolly, Britt, Johnson (90), Hampton, Hosmer,
Merideth, Boucher

This bill permits law enforcement officials to detain a person
for 32 hours without charging a crime if the person has been
arrested for first degree assault or robbery, forcible rape or
sodomy, or distribution or manufacture of drugs.  Currently, a
person who is arrested for these offenses must be released
within 20 hours unless charged with a crime.

The bill has a penalty provision.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 13, 2001 at 2:03 pm