STATE v. SCORATOW

No. 82-2330.

456 So.2d 922 (1984)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jay SCORATOW, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Jack Luden Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Don S. Cohn, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellee, Jay Scoratow, was the petitioner in the circuit court for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his extradition.

The trial judge heard contradictory evidence on the question of whether the petitioner was in North Carolina on the dates alleged in the governor's warrant. The petitioner did not testify but offered evidence tending to prove that he was not in North Carolina at the time of the commission of the alleged crime. The state's...

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