Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Butts v. Morehead

New York Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1940PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMacCrate, J.

Writ dismissed and relator directed to be delivered over to the representative of the Governor of the demanding State. The relator is a resident of Georgia charged with rape committed in that State upon another resident of that State. In *1062this jurisdiction he can claim equal, but no greater, protection of law than is extended to others who are sought as fugitives. By the law of his own State he can be guilty of crime as distinct from juvenile delinquency. Nothing in the papers on this application shows that there is a juvenile court in Hancock county, Ga.; neither does it appear that a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  2. Williams v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. Mills v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  2. Hu Yau-Leung v. SosciaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980

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