King v. Hawes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Leavenworth district court dissolving a writ of habeas corpus filed by Alonzo Victor King, a/k/a Gun Doe (petitioner-appellant). The petitioner, a former inmate of the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, was released pursuant to extradition papers to the custody of the sheriff seeking his extradition to the State of South Dakota.

The petitioner challenges the admission of certain evidence at his extradition hearing and contends he was not substantially charged with committing a crime under the laws…