Self v. People

On September 8, 1955, plaintiff in error, herein referred as to Self, or petitioner, filed in Denver District Court a Petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus, entitled “The People of the State of Colorado v. Jimmie Elies Self, defendant.” Obviously Self, the plaintiff in error, was the petitioner and the People of the State of Colorado, defendant in error, was respondent. We shall so refer to the parties.

The instant case arose because the Governor of Colorado granted a Requisition for the extradition of Self to California." The sufficiency of the requisition and the accompanying documents is not…