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IN RE JEFFRIES

No. 3897-1.

15 Wn. App. 302 (1976)

548 P.2d 594

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of STEPHEN JEFFRIES.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and Douglas B. Whalley, Deputy, for petitioner.

Lish Whitson, Ray Thoenig, and Philip G. Hubbard of Seattle-King County Public Defender, for respondent.

SWANSON, J.

Can Washington courts, as courts of an asylum state, consider the question of whether an accused was denied a speedy trial by the demanding state in a habeas corpus proceeding held pursuant to RCW 10.88.290 and incident to interstate rendition?1 The trial court considered the question and concluded that the accused's due process rights had been denied by the demanding state, New Jersey, sustained the writ of habeas corpus,...

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