Kerr v. Watson

SWANSTROM, Judge.

The State of Oregon sought to extradite Clark Kerr from Idaho on a charge of interfering with his former wife’s custodial rights to their minor child. Kerr obtained a writ of habeas corpus in Kootenai County, Idaho, to challenge the validity of the extradition proceedings. After a hearing the district court refused to halt Kerr’s extradition to Oregon, and quashed the writ. Kerr appealed. The issues in the case are whether the district court erred in finding that appellant is a fugitive from justice; whether criminal proceedings had been commenced in Oregon when extradition…