Arresto por telegráfico o teletipo en Washington

Explicación Simple

Si alguien es acusado de un delito y hay una orden de arresto, un juez puede permitir que se use el telegráfico para avisar a la policía. Esto significa que la policía puede arrestar a esa persona incluso si no tienen el papel original, siempre que tengan un aviso por telegráfico.

Es como si un entrenador de fútbol llamara a un jugador para decirle que debe entrar al partido, aunque no tenga el uniforme. El jugador puede jugar porque el entrenador lo autorizó, igual que la policía puede arrestar a alguien con un aviso por telegráfico.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es acusado de robo y hay una orden de arresto en su contra. El juez decide que la policía puede usar el telegráfico para avisar a los oficiales en la calle. Cuando la policía recibe el mensaje, pueden arrestar a Juan inmediatamente, aunque no tengan la orden en papel.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 10.31.060 - Arrest by telegraph or teletype Whenever any person or persons shall have been indicted or accused on oath of any public offense, or thereof convicted, and a warrant of arrest shall have been issued, the magistrate issuing such warrant, or any justice of the supreme court, or any judge of either the court of appeals or superior court may indorse thereon an order signed by him and authorizing the service thereof by telegraph or teletype, and thereupon such warrant and order may be sent by telegraph or teletype to any marshal, sheriff, constable or policeman, and on the receipt of the telegraphic or teletype copy thereof by any such officer, he shall have the same authority and be under the same obligations to arrest, take into custody and detain the said person or persons, as if the said original warrant of arrest, with the proper direction for the service thereof, duly indorsed thereon, had been placed in his hands, and the said telegraphic or teletype copy shall be entitled to full faith and credit, and have the same force and effect in all courts and places as the original; but prior to indictment and conviction, no such order shall be made by any officer, unless in his judgment there is probable cause to believe the said accused person or persons guilty of the offense charged: PROVIDED, That the making of such order by any officer aforesaid, shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity thereof, and of all the proceedings prior thereto. The original warrant and order, or a copy thereof, certified by the officer making the order, shall be preserved in the telegraph office or police agency from which the same is sent, and in telegraphing or teletyping the same, the original or the said certified copy may be used.