State Ex Rel. Jackson v. Froelich

The petitioner challenges the constitutionality of extradition proceedings conducted pursuant to the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, adopted in sec. 976.03, Stats., and challenges the Wisconsin governor’s extradition warrant as being issued under provisions of the extradition act which allegedly are not applicable to this petitioner.

Petitioner’s initial and primary challenge is to the constitutional validity of the procedure set forth in the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Under this act, ■adopted in forty-seven states and several territories, once a request is received by the governor of…