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BOUCHARD v. RICHARDSON

427 A.2d 490 (1981)

Rowland Joseph BOUCHARD, Alias v. Timothy B. RICHARDSON, Sheriff

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, DeSanctis & Schultz, Julio DeSanctis, III, Bangor (orally), for plaintiff.

Gary F. Thorne and R. Christopher Almy, Asst. Dist. Attys., Bangor, (orally), for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

CARTER, Justice.

In July, 1980, petitioner Bouchard was arrested as a fugitive from Tennessee under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, 15 M.R.S.A. §§ 201 et seq. He petitioned the Superior Court for a writ of habeas corpus to test the legality of his arrest. After a hearing, the presiding justice denied the petition. We sustain the petitioner's appeal from that denial.

At the hearing, the court had before it the Maine Governor's rendition...

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