can you arrest some one for something and then rearrest them?

Answer 1

No. Once you are arrested, you can kill, rape, steal, and they can't rearrest you. It's a one time rule. All of the repeat offenders you've heard of before are just urban legend.

Answer 2

Why certainly! Frequently a person is arrested, taken to jail, and then released (usually by posting a Bail Bond). If that person does not show up for court he will most likely have a Bench Warrant issued. When he is rearrested it is on the same exact charge as the first time.

Another situation is if he is out on bond or other release conditions, and the person violates the release order he can be picked up and taken back into custody as a violation of the charge.

Last, but not least, a Bail Bond Company can arrest you and on the same charge for failure to appear at a court days or just terms and conditions of the Bail Bond Agreement.

What they CAN NOT DO is rearrest you or charge you on the same identical charge is the case is done. That is considered double jeopardy, and not allowed. Of course, if you have committed the same crime, different occasion, then they can charge you for it, but it is a separate "complaint".

Answer 3

As a cop, this is an easy one. When a person is placed into custody, they are not formally charged until court day, I can place anyone under detainment but an actual arrest only occurs with the whole, rights and handcuffs deal. Then they get processed at HQ, and either are ROR, or jailed. To rearrest someone would be a case where they were let go because not enough evidence was gatehred to keep them detained and later found out what we needed, then yes they can be detained and formally charged

Answer 4

Yes...you can initially pick them up for say....assaulting someone, then as you are processing him, the guy gets combative and hits you, then you add a charge, so in a way it's like re-arresting them, there's also instances where you take the guy in for assault or whatever, and then you run them through the system, and they have warrants with another dept...the other dept can come in to the jail and add their warrants to him, this is a process called re-booking, so it's like rearresting someone

Answer 5

Getting back to the simplicity of an answer: There is confusion above between arrest and trial. A person can be arrested for an offense, but if the evidence is insufficient to 'charge' him within 48 hours (this varies, depending on misdemeanor or felony), then he must be released. Tried for an offense is different.. If evidence later becomes stronger, he can be re-arrested and charged for the crime. I think that's what your question is referencing.

Answer 6

If you mean can a person be rearrested once under arrest? Well, not really. What can be done is a charge/charges can be added to the first arrest.

Otherwise, yes. I think SillyM says it all. d'uh.

Answer 7

You can arrest someone for one crime and then find out he did another crime or does another crime in jail and charge them with something else. The whole ordeal with handcuffs, rights, and 'going to jail' is quite unnecessary if the person is already in jail. However, you must notify the person that they have been charged with something else before their date in court.

However, after a person has been dismissed on a count of something, the person can shout that s/he did the crime and there is nothing anyone can do. That would be Double Jeopardy. However, if s/he does the same crime on someone else, s/he can be charged again since it is a different person.

Answer 8

You mean, pick them up, keep them in jail, not charge them with anything, set them free, and arrest them again? Absolutely.
Sometimes the police haven't put their ducks in a row.
The remedy for the person arrested and not charges is to sue for false arrest.

Double jeopardy only applies to the trial. Double jeopardy attaches once the jury is empaneled, but there are exceptions to this rule.

Answer 9

you might be thinking about double jeapordy. But that is for trials. No one can be tried for the same crime more than once.

Cops can arrest or detain people for suspected involvement in a crime. if they don't have evidence to support the charge, usually the suspects are let go. Once new evidence or witnesses surface, a judge can issue a new warrant of arrest.

Answer 10

You can only be arrested once for doing something unless you were released, and then did something else later, even if it was for the same thing. If you went to trial for something and were found not guilty, no, you cannot be arrested for the same thing.