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EARHART v. HICKS

656 S.W.2d 873 (1983)

Eddie EARHART, Donnie Hodges, Robert L. Brandon, Donald W. Wallace, and Dotson Page, Appellees, v. David HICKS, Sheriff of Stewart County, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

February 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Rudolph, Clarksville, for appellee Earhart.

Gary J. Hodges, Clarksville, for appellee Hodges.

Frank Louderback, St. Petersburg, for appellees Brandon and Wallace.

William P. Redick, Jr. and Lionel R. Barrett, Jr., Nashville, for appellee Page.

Kymberly Hattaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Daniel W. Cook, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Ashland City, for appellant.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The petitioners in this habeas corpus action successfully contested the state's authority to hold them in custody for extradition to the State of Mississippi, where they had been indicted for conspiracy to violate Mississippi's controlled substances act. The state appeals the trial court's order granting the writ and ordering the petitioners' discharge. We conclude that the result reached by the trial judge was correct, and we therefore...

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