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                          Rule 3.2(o )
           Defendants who Must be Seen Before Release


(1) A person subjected to custodial arrest for a domestic violence
assault charge is to be held until the next judicial day if:

     (a) The person has been convicted of or placed on deferred
prosecution for any domestic violence assault charge in any
jurisdiction occurring within the last seven years, and/or

     (b) The person has a pending domestic violence assault charge in
any jurisdiction.  A pending charge means a charge with no final
disposition, and includes but is not limited to a charge on deferred
prosecution, stipulated continuance, or similar arrangement.

(2)  A person subjected to custodial arrest for driving under the
influence of  alcohol and/or any drug ("DUI") or physical control
under the influence of alcohol and/or any drug ("physical control") is
to be held until the next judicial day if:

     (a) The person has been convicted of or placed on deferred
prosecution for any charge of  DUI, physical control, vehicular
homicide, or vehicular assault in any jurisdiction occurring within
the last seven years, and/or

     (b) The person has a pending DUI or physical control charge in
any jurisdiction.  A pending charge means a charge with no final
disposition, and includes but is not limited to a charge on deferred
prosecution, stipulated continuance, or similar arrangement; and/or

     (c) The current case involved an accident that resulted in injury
to a person other than the defendant.


[Effective September 1, 2007.]
	

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