People v. Lent

Appellant Lent filed a habeas corpus proceeding in Denver District Court to avoid extradition to the state of Idaho. He is charged there with the crime of escape, a felony. He is charged in Colorado with being a fugitive from the state of Idaho, under C.R.S. 1963, 60-1-13.

The caption of this case is misleading because the petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in the extradition proceeding. Habeas corpus is an independent civil proceeding separate and apart from the case in which the criminal charge which initiates the extradition proceedings is filed. C.R.S. 1963, 60-1-13. North v.…