Legal Opinion
Morris Zanazanian v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1984No. 83-5662PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Morris Zanazanian appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Zanazanian was taken into federal custody by order of a federal magistrate finding him extraditable to Sweden for smuggling and narcotics offenses.
On appeal, Zanazanian contends that the documents used to demonstrate probable cause that he committed the charged offenses were not “competent legal evidence” because they consist solely of reports of unsworn hearsay statements. He also argues that these reports, even if competent, cannot alone support extradition absent corroborating…
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