BURKE v. STATE


265 A.2d 489 (1970)

Robert E. BURKE v. STATE of Maine and Charles Sharpe, Sheriff.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Friedman, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Robert T. Coffin, County Atty., and Alexander MacNichol, Asst. County Atty., Portland, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, MARDEN, DUFRESNE, WEATHERBEE, JJ.


MARDEN, Justice.

On appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from arrest under a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of the State of Maine in response to requisition for extradition by the State of Indiana.

The basic considerations of the extradition process (15 M.R.S.A. §§ 201-229, inclusive, Uniform Criminal Extradition Act) (Act) and scope of review by Maine as the asylum State were delineated in Poulin...

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