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TORREY v. WILLIAMS

388 A.2d 921 (1978)

Keith A. TORREY v. Robert WILLIAMS, Sheriff.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fenton, Griffin, Chapman & Burrill by Douglas B. Chapman (orally), Bar Harbor, for plaintiff.

Bronson Platner, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Ellsworth, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

GODFREY, Justice.

In October, 1977, appellant Keith A. Torrey was arrested as a fugitive from Oregon under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, chapter 9 of title 15 of the Maine Revised Statutes. He petitioned the Superior Court for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 210, to test the legality of his arrest.1 After hearing argument by counsel, the presiding justice denied the petition.

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