Bailey v. State

This appeal is from a denial by the Posey Circuit Court of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Appellant originally was arrested by the Appellee, Sheriff Cox, in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, on May 22, 1971, on the basis of a warrant for arrest from the Lima Municipal Court, Lima, Ohio. Said warrant existed in the sheriff’s files when he took office.

Under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, IC 1971, 35-4-3-15 [Burns’ Ind. Stat. Ann. §9-432 (1956 Repl.)], a procedure is established for the arrest of a person sought by the authorities of a sister state:

“The arrest of a person may be lawfully…