Commonwealth Ex Rel. Aronson v. Price

Opinion by

Me. Justice Cohen,

This is an appeal from the denial of relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the validity of the extradition proceedings instituted against him under section 6 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. . We hold that the court below erred in refusing to grant the writ.

Section 6 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act empowers the governor of Pennsylvania to surrender upon the demand of the executive authority of another state one found in Pennsylvania who is charged with “committing an act in this State . . . intentionally resulting in a crime in…