Gullick v. Sampson

This is an appeal from the denial of petitions for writs of habeas corpus contesting the extradition of the plaintiff, Ronald H. Gullick, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On September 6, 1977, the plaintiff was driving into New Hampshire and was followed by a Massachusetts State trooper who arrested him. The Massachusetts trooper asserts that he initially followed the plaintiff across the border to question him about two rapes which had occurred earlier that evening. According to the trooper’s testimony, he did not think that he had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff until he looked…