An act to amend Section 833 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2822, as introduced, Gabriel.
Criminal procedure: arrests.
Existing law authorizes a peace officer to search a lawfully detained person whom the officer has reasonable cause to believe possesses a weapon.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
NO
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 833 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
833.
A peace officer may search for dangerous weapons any person whom he that the officer has legal cause to arrest, whenever he has upon reasonable cause to believe that the person possesses a dangerous weapon. If the officer finds a dangerous weapon, he they
may take and keep it until the completion of the questioning, when he and shall then either return it or arrest the person. The arrest may be for the illegal possession of the weapon.