Ratliff v. Thomas

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is an extradition case in which the State appeals from a judgment which granted the petition for habeas corpus of Malcolm E. Ratliff. The only issue presented is whether the trial judge erred in determining that the indictment of the demanding State was insufficient because it did not specify the date of the offenses with requisite specificity. We find the issue to be meritorious and reverse the judgment below.

The Governor of this State issued his rendition warrant for the extradition of Ratliff to the State of Alabama. An indictment was returned in Madison County,…