State ex rel. Krasner v. Sanstrom

LENORE G. NESBITT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner was detained and held in custody by the Dade County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation on the basis of a New York warrant, an indictment having been filed in the state of New York charging him with the crimes of obscenity and conspiracy. Subsequently, an extradition demand was made on the governor of Florida by the governor of New York, whereupon the governor of Florida issued a warrant of rendition in compliance with the New York demand.

At this habeas proceeding, petitioner argued that the extradition papers filed by New York state did not…