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Maddox v. Sigler

Supreme Court of Nebraska
Apr 28, 1967
150 N.W.2d 251 (Neb. 1967)

Opinion

Nos. 36524, 36525.

Filed April 28, 1967.

Criminal Law. The power of a court to try an accused is not impaired by the fact that officers used unlawful force or deception to bring him from another jurisdiction to the trial.

Appeals from the district court for Lancaster County: ELMER M. SCHEELE, Judge. Affirmed.

Jimmy D. Maddox and Robert Nicholson, pro se.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Attorney General, and Richard H. Williams, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C.J., SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ., and MURPHY, District Judge.


Prisoners serving sentences petitioned in these proceedings or writs of habeas corpus. They alleged that the sentences were the outcome of irregularities in extradition proceedings. The district court denied the writs without hearings, and petitioners have appealed.

The orders denying the writs were correct. The power of a court to try an accused is not impaired by the act that officers used unlawful force or deception to bring him from another jurisdiction to the trial. Frisbie v. Collins, 342 U.S. 519, 72 S.Ct. 509, 96 L.Ed. 541; Howell v. Hann, 155 Neb. 698, 53 N.W.2d 81.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Maddox v. Sigler

Supreme Court of Nebraska
Apr 28, 1967
150 N.W.2d 251 (Neb. 1967)
Case details for

Maddox v. Sigler

Case Details

Full title:JIMMY D. MADDOX, APPELLANT, v. MAURICE H. SIGLER, WARDEN, NEBRASKA PENAL…

Court:Supreme Court of Nebraska

Date published: Apr 28, 1967

Citations

150 N.W.2d 251 (Neb. 1967)
150 N.W.2d 251

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