Commonwealth v. Brown

ROBERTS, Judge:

Appellant Frederick Brown, an alleged fugitive from justice in West Virginia, challenges an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County denying him a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant claims the writ should have been granted because, contrary to the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9121 et seq., he was held as a fugitive for more than thirty days without being arrested pursuant to a Governor’s warrant. We affirm.

On December 15, 1978, while on routine patrol, Williams-port Police Officer Anthony Evans and a companion officer received a radio report that…