Article 24 – Legal Topic – A Citizen’s Rights While under Arrest
BY: Sarah Lawrence Attorney-at-Law Martin George and Co. Attorneys-at-Law Definition of ‘Arrest’: An arrest is often defined as the seizing or touching of the person of an individual with a view to restraining him: Alderson v Booth [1969] 2 QB 216. However, the author of Commonwealth Caribbean Criminal Practice and Procedure 4th Edition noted that an arrest may be constructive, that is, the arrestor may not physically touch the person he has arrested. Once an individual (arrestee) knows that he is forbidden to leave, this may constitute an arrest. Who can make an arrest? An individual may be arrested with or without a...
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