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Burleson v. Miller

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc
Jun 26, 1978
580 P.2d 793 (Colo. 1978)

Opinion

No. 27488

Decided June 26, 1978. Rehearing denied July 17, 1978.

Appeal from an order of the trial court discharging a writ of habeas corpus in an extradition proceeding.

Affirmed

1. EXTRADITIONIndictment — Technical Sufficiency — Resolved — Demanding State. Technical sufficiency of indictment in an extradition proceeding must be resolved by courts in the demanding state and not by court in the asylum state.

Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County, Honorable William B. Naugle, Judge.

Rollie R. Rogers, State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy, Mary G. Allen, Deputy, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Attorney General, Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy, Edward G. Donovan, Solicitor General, J. Stephen Phillips, Chief, Criminal Appeals, for respondent-appellee.


This appeal is taken from the trial court's order discharging a writ of habeas corpus in an extradition proceeding.

A grand jury in Texas indicted Oscar Ray Burleson for the crime of aggravated robbery. He now seeks to vitiate the requisition documents in a habeas corpus proceeding on the ground that the indictment is insufficient to charge aggravated robbery in the state of Texas. We affirm the trial court's discharge of the writ of habeas corpus.

[1] The technical sufficiency of the indictment must be resolved by the courts in the demanding state. Samples v. Cronin, 189 Colo. 40, 536 P.2d 306 (1975); Eathorne v. Nelson, 180 Colo. 288, 505 P.2d 1 (1973).

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE HODGES does not participate.


Summaries of

Burleson v. Miller

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc
Jun 26, 1978
580 P.2d 793 (Colo. 1978)
Case details for

Burleson v. Miller

Case Details

Full title:Oscar Ray Burleson v. Arnold Miller, Sheriff of Arapahoe County

Court:Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc

Date published: Jun 26, 1978

Citations

580 P.2d 793 (Colo. 1978)
580 P.2d 793

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