WEST v. JANING

No. 42136.

274 N.W.2d 161 (1979)

202 Neb. 141

Frank R. WEST, Appellant, v. Theodore JANING, Sheriff, Douglas County, Nebraska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Linn and B. J. Rothbaum, Jr., of Linn, Helms, Kirk & Burkett, Oklahoma City, Okl., David S. Lathrop of Lathrop, Albracht & Swenson, Omaha, Thomas J. Cahill of Nelson & Cahill, Nevada, Iowa, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Paul W. Snyder, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, C. J., Pro Tem., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY and WHITE, JJ., and BLUE, District Judge.


CLINTON, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus action commenced in the District Court for Douglas County against the sheriff of that county. The action is in resistance to a warrant of extradition issued by the Governor of the State of Nebraska upon a requisition by the Governor of Iowa. The requisition is based upon an Iowa grand jury indictment charging the petitioner West with obtaining property under false pretenses. After the introduction of evidence and hearing,...

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