Johnson v. District Court of City and County of Denver

We issued a rule to show cause why bail should not be set for the defendant pending decision on appeal from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We now discharge the rule.

Defendant was arrested in Colorado based upon charges brought by the state of California that defendant had escaped from confinement in California. Extradition proceedings took place, and a Colorado governor’s warrant issued pursuant to the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Sections 16-19-101 to 133, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). Defendant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. Defendant…