SIMPSON v. WOODHAM

No. Y-400.

332 So.2d 693 (1976)

Frank SIMPSON, Appellant, v. W.A. WOODHAM, As Sheriff of Gadsden County, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Harnett, of Harnett & Curry, Quincy, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


BOYER, Chief Judge.

Appellant, who was arrested in Florida for extradition to Alabama, argues here that he is entitled to be discharged from custody because the rendition warrant issued by the Governor of Florida was not physically filed or introduced into evidence in the proceedings on his petition for habeas corpus which was heard in the Circuit Court. We agree.

Introduction of the Governor's warrant is essential, and the warrant should be introduced in...

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