WATTS v. STATE

No. 89-343.

456 N.W.2d 683 (1990)

Kevin Emmett WATTS, a/k/a Samuel James Montory, a/k/a Emmitt Kevin Watts, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Mears of Mears, Zimmerman & Mears, Iowa City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Julie A. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Connie Sue Ricklefs, County Atty., for defendant-appellee.

Considered by DONIELSON, P.J., and HAYDEN and SACKETT, JJ.


SACKETT, Judge.

Appellant Kevin Emmett Watts challenges the trial court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus following Governor Branstad's December 5, 1988, execution of a warrant ordering Watts's extradition to Texas. On February 21, 1989, following denial of Watts's petition for writ of habeas corpus and the denial of his application for stay of extradition, Watts was delivered to Texas.

The State argues because Watts has now been extradited...

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