Opinion
C83-12-35731; CA A31262
Argued and submitted August 3, 1984
Affirmed August 15, 1984 Reconsideration denied September 28, 1984 Petition for review denied October 30, 1984
Appeal from Circuit Court, Multnomah County.
Phillip J. Roth, Judge.
Phillip M. Margolin, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
Stephen F. Peifer, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM
Affirmed.
Plaintiff appeals an order of the circuit court extraditing him to the State of Alabama under a Governor's Warrant. He contends in this court that the order is invalid under both Article IV, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution and Article I, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution, because it was not personally signed by the Governor but by his legal counsel.
In the trial court, no constitutional objection was made. Plaintiff's replication to the return of the writ of habeas corpus asserted only that "the purported Governor's warrant * * * is invalid, not having been duly signed by the Governor of the State of Oregon."
ORS 133.743(2) specifically authorizes "[t]he Governor [to] appoint a member of [his] legal staff * * * to act in behalf of the Governor under ORS 133.743 to 133.857 in performing the extradition functions of the Governor.* * *"
On the record made below, the court properly discharged plaintiff's writ. We decline to reach the constitutional questions not raised below.
Affirmed.