PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 575

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 594B and 684A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 87—Sheriffs
Section 46(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article 27- Crimes and Punishments

Section 684B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

594B.

(a)     A police officer may arrest without a warrant any person who commits, or
attempts to commit, any felony or misdemeanor in the presence of, or within the view of,
such officer.

(b)     A police officer who has probable cause to believe that a felony or
misdemeanor is being committed in the officer's presence or within the officer's view, may
arrest without a warrant any person whom the officer may reasonably believe to have
committed such offense.

(c)     A police officer may arrest a person without a warrant if the officer has
probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed or attempted and that such
person has committed or attempted to commit a felony whether or not in the officer's
presence or view.

(d)     (1) A police officer may arrest a person without a warrant if:

(i) The officer has probable cause to believe that:

1.       The person battered the person's spouse or other individual
with whom the person resides;

2.       There is evidence of physical injury; and

3.       Unless the person is immediately arrested:
A. The person may not be apprehended;

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