Does a failure to announce the cause of arrest invalidate an arrest?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hill, D073931 (Cal. App. 2020):

The "failure to announce the cause of an arrest does not invalidate the arrest . . . ." (People v. Superior Court (1972) 7 Cal.3d 186, 217.) "[I]t is established beyond dispute

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