Legal Opinion
Cuyler v. Adams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 21, 1981No. 78-1841PublishedCited by 611 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
This case requires us to decide a recurring question concerning the relationship between the Interstate Agreement on Detainers and the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.1 The specific issue presented is whether a prisoner incarcerated in a jurisdiction that has adopted the Extradition Act is entitled to the procedural protections of that Act — particularly the right to a pretransfer hearing — before being transferred to another jurisdiction pursuant to Art. IY of the Detainer Agreement. The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held as a matter of statutory construction that a prisoner is…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Green v. BiddleSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
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3Cited by611 opinions
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