Warmbo v. State

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This is an extradition matter. Gregory Joe Warmbo, under indictment in Alaska for passing a forged check, asserts that Alaska is without jurisdiction to try him, because extradition proceedings against him in the State of Washington did not comport with Washington law and with due process.

On February 10, 1977, Warmbo was indicted by a state grand jury in Anchorage for passing a forged check for $1,500 and attempting to pass another for $4,200. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest.

Warmbo was arrested in King County, Washington, and arraigned on March 10, 1977, on a…