IN RE LANGLEY

No. A-12586.

325 P.2d 1094 (1958)

In the Matter of the Habeas Corpus of William LANGLEY, Petitioner. R.B. Travers, Agent of Adult Authority, Department of Corrections, State of California and Bob Turner, Sheriff of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Respondents.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

May 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill & May, and James M. May, McAlester, for petitioner.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore and Owen J. Watts, Asst. Attys. Gen., Ewing C. Sadler, County Atty., and Ben Choate, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Pittsburg County, McAlester, Okl., for respondents.


POWELL, Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding in which petitioner, who is now being detained by the respondent, Bob Turner, Sheriff of Oklahoma County, pursuant to extradition proceedings initiated by the State of California, seeks his release from custody of that official.

With the exception of one important matter to be pointed out, we conclude from an examination of the petition, response and transcript...

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