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CLARK v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 17434.

917 A.2d 1 (2007)

281 Conn. 380

Kenneth CLARK v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Scheinblum, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Michael Dearington, state's attorney, for the appellant (respondent).

Kent Drager, senior assistant public defender, for the appellee (petitioner).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Robert F. Vacchelli, assistant attorney general, filed a brief for the office of the attorney general as amicus curiae.

BORDEN, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.

PALMER, J.

Under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (act), General Statutes § 54-157 et seq., the governor of this state has a mandatory duty to comply with a demand by the executive authority of another state for the extradition of a person who, having been charged with a crime in the demanding state, is a fugitive from justice and is found in this state. By contrast, the governor of this state has discretion to comply with a demand for the extradition of...

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