IN RE ROPP

No. 87-602.

541 A.2d 86 (1988)

In re Gerald ROPP.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Dunham, Public Defender, St. Albans, for petitioner-appellant.

Howard E. VanBenthuysen, Franklin County State's Atty., St. Albans, for respondent-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MAHADY, JJ.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Petitioner appeals from denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, following his arrest on a Governor's warrant issued in response to an extradition demand from Wisconsin for alleged criminal nonsupport in that state. We reverse and remand.

The present petition follows denial of an earlier one sought after Mr. Ropp was arrested without a warrant pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 4954 but before the Governor of Wisconsin had issued a requisition...

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