State ex Rel. Buster v. Purdy

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. JOHN W. BUSTER, APPELLANT, v. E. WILSON…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 11, 1969

219 So. 2d 43 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)

Opinion

No. 68-605.

February 11, 1969.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Thomas E. Lee, Jr., J.

Jack R. Nageley and Harvey S. Swickle, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Harold Mendelow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard E. Gerstein, State Atty., and Roy S. Wood, Asst. State Atty., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and SWANN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The question of insanity in a habeas corpus proceeding is to be determined by the demanding State, not by the asylum State. See: Charlton v. Kelly, 229 U.S. 447, 33 S.Ct. 945, 57 L.Ed. 1274; Brewer v. Turner, 165 Kan. 330, 194 P.2d 507; State ex rel. Davey v. Owen, 133 Ohio St. 96, 12 N.E.2d 144, 114 A.L.R. 686; 31 Am.Jur.2d, Extradition, §§ 15, 51; Anno. 114 A.L.R. 693.

Therefore, the order here under review will not be disturbed.

Affirmed.