Legal Opinion
People v. Superior Court (Smolin)
California Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 1986No. L.A. 32068PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Early on a morning in March 1984, Richard Smolin and his father Gerard (for convenience referred to as defendants) took Richard’s two young children from a bus stop in St. Tammany’s Parish, Louisiana, *762and brought them to California. Three months later, the Governor of Louisiana requested that defendants be extradited to Louisiana on a charge of kidnapping. The extradition documents forwarded to California did not refer to a custody order made by a California court in February 1981 that had awarded sole custody of the children to Richard. The primary issue in this proceeding for…
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