KEEFER v. LEACH

No. 28492.

597 P.2d 203 (1979)

Gerald Lee KEEFER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Brad LEACH, Sheriff of Boulder County, State of Colorado, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Richard D. Irvin, Deputy State Public Defender, Boulder, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Asst. Atty., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


GROVES, Justice.

Petitioner was arrested in Colorado and held for extradition to Illinois. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that the extradition documents did not establish probable cause that he had committed a crime in Illinois, and that the documents were not certified properly. After a hearing, the district court discharged the writ. We affirm.

The documents submitted a complaint, an arrest warrant, affidavits and certifications...

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