JOHNSON v. LEDBETTER

No. 49555.

348 So.2d 1007 (1977)

Willis JOHNSON and Betty Johnson v. John LEDBETTER, Sheriff of Jackson County, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Lee Felder, Pascagoula, for appellants.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Edwin A. Snyder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and SUGG and BROOM, JJ.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

This case comes to us on petitioners' appeal from an order of a Habeas Corpus Court in Jackson County denying their petition for writ of habeas corpus. The effect of the denial of the writ releases the custody of petitioners to the Tennessee authorities for return to the State of Tennessee under an extradition warrant issued by the Governor of Mississippi at the request of the Governor of Tennessee. We affirm.

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