RENTON v. CRONIN

No. 27895.

582 P.2d 677 (1978)

James RENTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dan CRONIN, Manager of Safety and Ex-Officio Sheriff, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Purvis, Acting Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Margaret L. O'Leary (Formerly Margaret O. Tevis), Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Anthony M. Marquez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


LEE, Justice.

The State of Arkansas is seeking to extradite appellant James Renton to answer a charge of capital felony murder. The trial court denied the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus which challenged the sufficiency of the requisition papers. We affirm the judgment.

Appellant first contends that the requisition documents do not establish probable cause to believe that he was the person who committed...

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