Ellis v. Darr

Abbott, J.:

This is an extradition case in which Charles L. Ellis is alleged by the demanding state (Arkansas) to have violated the terms of his parole. Ellis’s argument is based on language in Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 29 L.Ed.2d 564, 91 S.Ct. 2022 (1971); Wilbanks v. State, 224 Kan. 66, 579 P.2d 132 (1978); and Gladney v. Sheriff of Leavenworth County, 3 Kan. App. 2d 568, 598 P.2d 559 (1979).

The Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, K.S.A. 22-2701 et seq., sets out the prerequisites for granting extradition. Its requirements to extradite one charged with committing a crime in the…