SONKIN v. STATE

No. 2000-CA-01827-SCT.

824 So.2d 564 (2002)

Howard SONKIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson M. Brown, Starkville, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


COBB, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. After a writ of extradition was issued to transport Howard Sonkin from Mississippi to Arkansas to face criminal charges there, Sonkin filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court. Following a hearing, the circuit court denied the petition, finding that the rendition warrant was in proper form and that Sonkin should be held for transfer to the State of Arkansas.

¶ 2. Sonkin appeals...

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