Smithey v. State

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Ollie Hugh Smithey appeals the denial of his writ of habeas corpus protesting his extradition to Louisiana to serve a 297-year sentence following his 1983 convictions in Louisiana. Smithey’s sole contention on appeal is that he is not a fugitive from justice because he did not flee from Louisiana. The evidence relevant to the appeal is recited below.

In 1983 Smithey was sentenced to a 297-year term of imprisonment in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The record does not disclose how Smithey left Louisiana and was sent to Illinois to complete a sentence for…