Bradford v. Brown

Hines, Justice.

This is an appeal by prisoner Kenneth Bradford from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to OCGA § 17-13-30, and the grant of extradition. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

Following a jury trial in DeKalb County on three counts of theft by taking, Bradford was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years, 12 to be served in prison. He filed a motion for new trial. Thereafter, the State of Louisiana requested Bradford’s extradition as a fugitive from justice to stand trial on multiple charges of violations of Louisiana law. On January 21, 2003,…