Legal Opinion
State v. Herring
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 14, 1989No. 13238PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), is designed to encourage the expeditious and orderly disposition of criminal charges pending in one state against a prisoner incarcerated in another state. General Statutes § 54-186, Article I.1 The principal issue before us is whether an unreasonable delay by the custodial state in notifying a prisoner of outstanding detainers,2 and in processing his request for their *81prompt disposition, unconditionally requires that the demanding state discharge any informations on which the detainers were based. In this case, prosecutorial authorities in…
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3Cited by106 opinions
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