People v. Martin

Defendant, David C. Martin, appeals a judgment of the circuit court denying his petition for habeas corpus in a proceeding to extradite him to Wisconsin. Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that fundamental fairness bars the State of Wisconsin from obtaining defendant’s extradition six years after Wisconsin had instituted the first of three such proceedings. We disagree. We affirm the trial court.

On February 18, 1977, defendant escaped from a minimum security correctional facility in Oregon, Wisconsin, and fled shortly thereafter to Florida. Defendant lived in Florida, using the alias…