Legal Opinion

Steinman v. Caldwell

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 18, 1981No. 80 SA 447PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

Petitioner Jerry W. Steinman contests the trial court’s discharge of a writ of habe-as corpus and its order that Steinman be extradited. We affirm.

A charge of escaping from custody is pending against Steinman in Iowa. He was arrested in Denver and charged as a fugitive under section Í6-19-103, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), on July 3, 1980. The Governor issued his warrant for Steinman’s extradition on August 14, 1980, and Stein-man commenced habeas corpus proceedings. The trial court discharged the writ on September 11, 1980.

Steinman’s contention on appeal is that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Whittington v. BraySupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  3. Lomax v. CroninSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  4. Richardson v. CroninSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  5. Clark v. LeachSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Rodriquez v. SandovalSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  2. State v. JohnsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
  3. Gerard v. OssolaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. Macurdy v. LeachSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  5. People v. SchnecklothSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983

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