Bentley-Guest v. State

OPINION

CHAPA, Justice.

Appellant, Barry Robin Bentley-Guest, was arrested in Texas for the charge of defrauding an innkeeper in the State of Florida. He appeals an order entered in a habeas corpus hearing which granted the extradition of appellant to the State of Florida.

The issues before this court are:

1) whether the trial court should have denied the extradition request because the State of Florida used a criminal proceeding to enforce the collection of a debt, as appellant claims;

2) whether the trial court should have required the state to prove that “defrauding an innkeeper” is a crime…