State v. Anderson

Although some authority exists to support appellant’s proposition that a municipal police officer lacks authority outside of the municipality which he serves to make a warrantless arrest for the commission *221of a misdemeanor,1 this court has had no occasion to decide that question.

The question will remain open however because appellant has not presented it in a posture susceptible to adjudication.

Appellant’s motion for dismissal was overruled by the court upon a holding2 that officer Barnickel’s attempted arrest of Hubbard was lawful. The Court of Appeals agreed that “the arrest of Hubbard in…