Legal Opinion
Wentworth v. Bourbeau
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 14, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmentano, J.
This appeal questions whether the requisition documents presented to the state of Connecticut by the state of Utah were sufficient to extradite the plaintiff to Utah under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, and whether the trial court’s failure to advise the plaintiff of his statutory rights under General Statutes § 54-166 precluded the court from denying his subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
On September 5, 1980, the plaintiff was arrested on a fugitive warrant based upon a communication from the state of Utah seeking his extradition to be prosecuted for the crime of theft,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cuyler v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Matter of StraussSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Parks v. BourbeauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Knight v. BourbeauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Wright v. BourbeauConnecticut Appellate Court · 1985
- WhitehouseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Crew v. StateConnecticut Superior Court · 1984
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