Todd v. Florida Parole & Probation Commission

Petitioner, an inmate at Florida State Prison, became eligible for parole in January, 1981. He was given a parole release date conditioned on his waiver of extradition to Maryland. He refused to sign a waiver of extradition procedures and the parole did not become effective. Petitioner has time to serve on a sentence involving another criminal conviction in Maryland. Another offer of parole was “rescinded” in April, 1981, for the same reason.1

Petitioner asserts that the Florida Parole and Probation Commission does not have authority to make waiver of his right to statutory extradition…