Chesser v. Dougherty

MILLS, Judge.

Chesser appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in an extradition proceeding. He contends that Governor Graham’s rendition warrant was defective because it was based on an arrest warrant which was issued without probable cause. We affirm.

“Once the governor of the asylum state has acted on a requisition for extradition based on the demanding state’s judicial determination that probable cause existed, no further inquiry may be had on that issue in the asylum state.” Michigan v. Doran, 439 U.S. 282, 290, 99 S.Ct. 530, 536, 58 L.Ed.2d 521, 528…