Hill v. Miller

This appeal concerns the sufficiency of extradition documents submitted by the State of Oklahoma to the Governor of the State of Colorado pursuant to section 16-19-104, C.R.S. 1973. At the hearing upon appellant Hill’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, he contended that the extradition documents were insufficient because the warrant issued on October 27, 1976, did not contain a contemporaneous affidavit establishing probable cause for the issuance of that warrant. Such an affidavit was filed on August 1, 1977. The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, ruling that the…