PEOPLE EX REL. DESCHAMPS v. KNOWLTON


112 A.D.2d 689 (1985)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Arthur Louis Deschamps, Appellant, v. Keith Knowlton, as Sheriff of St. Lawrence County, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 25, 1985


Main, J.

Petitioner had been charged with escape in the first degree in Alabama when he was arrested in St. Lawrence County as a fugitive from justice (see, CPL 570.34, 570.36). Following a request by the Governor of Alabama for petitioner's surrender, the Governor of this State granted extradition and issued a warrant of arrest for petitioner. Petitioner then sought a writ of habeas corpus challenging the propriety of the documents supporting...

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