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WHITE v. KING COUNTY

No. 54338-1.

109 Wn.2d 777 (1988)

748 P.2d 616

STEPHEN A. WHITE, Respondent, v. KING COUNTY, ET AL, Defendants, BOOTH GARDNER, as Governor, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Theresa L. Fricke, Assistant, for appellants.

Henry E. Lippek, for respondent.

Grover C. Trask II, District Attorney for the County of Riverside, California, and Henry P. Rupp III, Deputy, amici curiae for appellants.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

In this interstate extradition matter, Stephen A. White challenged the legality of his arrest on Governor Booth Gardner's warrant of extradition and arrest. White maintained that he was not substantially charged with a crime in the state demanding his extradition, California. The trial court granted White's petition for habeas corpus; Governor Gardner and the State of Washington appealed. We reverse.

In February 1986, a criminal complaint...

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