STATE EX REL. DANFORTH v. BONDURANT

No. 59587.

566 S.W.2d 478 (1978)

STATE ex rel. John C. DANFORTH, Relator, v. Keith P. BONDURANT, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen. and Paul R. Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for relator.

Frederick Ernst, Thomas W. Tierney, Donald V. Pierce, Jr., Kansas City, for respondent.


MORGAN, Chief Justice.

Having issued a writ of certiorari, we now decide whether or not respondent judge exceeded his jurisdiction, in a habeas corpus proceeding, by discharging one Richard P. Marin from custody authorized by an extradition (rendition) warrant issued by the Governor of Missouri.

In 1974, Marin was a resident of Colorado and an automobile salesman in Pueblo, where he was charged with fraud in effecting sales—a misdemeanor under that...

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