Lomax v. Cronin

The appellant, William W. Lomax, appeals the discharge of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which attacked the sufficiency of the extradition documents submitted to the Governor of Colorado by the State of Kentucky pursuant to section 16-19-104, C.R.S. 1973. We affirm.

First, the appellant contends that the trial court improperly refused to consider the issue raised by his offer of proof tendered to show that his return to Kentucky would endanger his life, because he had witnessed a homicide by a police officer in that state. The trial court based its discharge of the writ on the…