GOTTFRIED v. CRONIN

No. 26934.

555 P.2d 969 (1976)

William D. GOTTFRIED, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dan CRONIN, Manager of Safety, and Ex-Officio Sheriff of Denver, and Wayne K. Patterson, Warden of the Jail, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenman, Sobol & Baum, Leo T. Zuckerman, Denver, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Thomas J. Tomazin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents-appellees.


HODGES, Justice.

Appellant William Gottfried is being held in Colorado pursuant to extradition proceedings initiated by California. He petitioned the trial court for a writ of habeas corpus. He argued that he should be released from custody because the California requisition failed to show that he was a fugitive from justice. The trial court discharged the writ of habeas corpus and ordered Gottfried to be returned to California. We affirm.

Gottfried was arrested...

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