State Ex Rel. Drescher v. Hedrick

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Thomas A. Drescher from the August 13, 1987 order of the Circuit Court of Marshall County which denied the appellant’s writ of habeas corpus to halt his extradition to the state of California. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying the writ as he had sufficiently proven through clear and convincing evidence that he was not a fugitive from justice.

Pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Detainers, adopted in W. Va. Code, 62-14-1, et seq. [1977], the Governor of California formally filed a demand for the rendition of Thomas…