Legal Opinion

Reese v. Warden & Keeper of County Jail

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 21, 1977No. 27200PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

MR. JUSTICE ERICKSON.

This appeal was filed after a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus resulted in an order directing that Kenneth Elmo Reese be extradited to Michigan. We affirm.

The Michigan extradition documents establish that Reese pled guilty to the crime of possession of LSD and was sentenced to serve one year in the county jail. He escaped from the Berrien County jail and fled to Colorado. He was arrested, waived extradition, and later secured counsel and filed a petition for habeas corpus.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus was directed at the events which culminated in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Norrod v. BowerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  2. White v. LeachSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  3. Tucker v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Whittington v. BraySupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  2. Pruett v. BarrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. Olson v. ThurstonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. Renton v. CroninSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  5. Gerard v. OssolaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982

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