Legal Opinion
State v. Robbins
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 30, 1991PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
This appeal implicates principles of rendition law. We granted certification, 122 N.J. 379, 585 A.2d 383 (1990), to determine whether defendant, who is serving a life sentence in a New Jersey prison, may be extradited to California to face the death penalty. We affirm the Appellate Division's order denying dismissal of the warrant of extradition and permitting defendant to be extradited to California. We conclude that under the circumstances of this case, the decision to extradite a prisoner is a matter of executive discretion, and that…
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