Legal Opinion
Clark v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 22, 2005No. AC 24683PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner seeks relief from a writ of extradition sending him to Texas to face criminal charges in that state. Under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (act), General Statutes § 54-157 et seq., he is subject to mandatory extradition only if he is a fugitive from justice in Texas. The petitioner claims that he is not a fugitive from justice in Texas because he was taken involuntarily from Texas to this state in order to stand trial on criminal charges here. In the absence of any disputed questions of fact, the issue he…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- In Re PattersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- Harris v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- New Mexico Ex Rel. Ortiz v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Landry v. A-Able Bonding, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Clark v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Clark v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005