People ex rel. Wilson v. Woods

The petitioner, James B. Wilson, appeals directly to this court under Rule 302(a) (3) from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of the sheriff of Cook County for delivery to an agent for the State of Virginia. The single contention made is that the trial court erroneously denied petitioner a hearing on the issue of whether he was substantially charged with a crime in the demanding State.

On April 11, 1969, the Governor of Illinois issued a rendition warrant for the arrest of petitioner as a fugitive from justice, which…