Legal Opinion
Ross, Sheriff v. Middlebrooks
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1951No. 12572_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORR, Circuit Judge.
We have for consideration a so-called “chain gang fugitive” case, presenting the question of the appropriate scope of inquiry on habeas corpus proceedings brought by a prisoner held for interstate rendition. Middlebrooks 1 was convicted and sentenced in Georgia and escaped from a Georgia chain gang. He was found in California and arrested by the California authorities pursuant to a demand for rendition from the Governor of the State of Georgia. The demand appeared on its face to be valid, and was accompanied by certified copies of the indictments concerned and other papers.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Johnson v. DyeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Dye v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Davis v. O'connell, Chief of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- In Re RiddleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Clark v. ThompsonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1962
- In Re CooperCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
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