People v. Lawson

This appeal by the State presents the question of whether the police officer who arrested thé defendant, Thomas Lawson, had the authority to do so when the arresting officer had come to the defendant’s home to arrest him in reliance upon a “warrant list” showing an arrest warrant to be outstanding against him that had, in fact, been served upon him four to six weeks earlier.

On December 23, 1981, at about 9 a.m. William Dolahite, Chief of Police in Litchfield, which is located in Montgomery County, arrived at the defendant’s home to arrest him pursuant to the warrant list. Once inside the…