COM. EX REL. MYERS v. CASE


250 Pa.Super. 242 (1977)

378 A.2d 917

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Thomas Lee MYERS, v. John D. CASE, Warden of Bucks County Prison, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Harris, First Assistant District Attorney, Warrington, for appellant.

J. Eric Atherholt, Assistant Public Defender, Doylestown, submitted a brief for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


PRICE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the court below granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and discharging the relator, Thomas Lee Myers. We vacate the order below and order the relator to be extradited to New Jersey.

On August 9, 1975, the relator was arrested in Bucks County for passing bad checks. On that same day, a Middletown Township detective lodged a complaint against the relator, charging him with being a fugitive from justice...

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