PROTZ v. WATSON

No. 27542.

571 P.2d 719 (1977)

James Raymond PROTZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert WATSON, Sheriff of Larimer County, State of Colorado, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Mary G. Allen, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., J. Stephen Phillips, Chief, Crim. Appeals, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


CARRIGAN, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of burglary in Texas and subsequently came to Colorado in violation of the terms of his bail. The governor of Texas requested his extradition, authenticating the Texas judgment and sentence and stating that the appellant had "jumped bail." The appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court, challenging the sufficiency of the extradition papers. The trial court denied the petition, and we...

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