In re Hval

Petitioner appeals a superior court denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, following his continued detention after this Court’s grant of his earlier habeas corpus petition on November 5, 1987. We hold that retention of petitioner by the Commissioner of Corrections, based on receipt of a valid Governor’s extradition warrant prior to receipt of the mandate in our earlier grant of a habeas corpus writ, was proper, and we affirm the judgment of the superior court.

The pertinent facts are set forth in our November 5,1987, decision on the previous petition, which had reversed the…