Is an arrest warrant an instrumentality in pleading?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Durrand (In re Durrand), H038105, H038984 (Cal. App. 2013):
"[A]n arrest warrant is merely the instrumentality which authorizes taking the accused into custody in order that he may be required to respond to the accusations made against him in [a] pleading." (People v. Rivera (1986) 186 Cal.App.3d 251, 254.)
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