Fagan v. Massey

Clarke, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting extradition and denying appellant’s writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Fagan was indicted in Tennessee for violation of that state’s bad check statutes. The Governor of Tennessee signed and delivered a demand for extradition and Governor Joe Frank Harris approved the request and ordered the arrest and extradition of the accused. The appellant then filed a writ of habeas corpus attacking the extradition.

At the hearing on thé writ the appellant raised substantive defenses as to his guilt and alleged that extradition will deny him due…