Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 3141: Release and detention authority generally

Civil

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Judicial officers must order whether arrested persons are released or detained pending trial or sentencing, according to procedures in this chapter.

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A judicial officer authorized to order the arrest of a person under section 3041 of this title before whom an arrested person is brought shall order that such person be released or detained, pending judicial proceedings, under this chapter. A judicial officer of a court of original jurisdiction over an offense, or a judicial officer of a Federal appellate court, shall order that, pending imposition or execution of sentence, or pending appeal of conviction or sentence, a person be released or detained under this chapter.

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