Lutrell v. Williams

NEIGHBORS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Mesa County District Court granting the petitioner habeas corpus relief. The district court concluded that the extradition documents from the State of Arkansas were deficient because they failed to contain a finding by an Arkansas judicial officer that probable cause existed to believe that the petitioner committed the crimes charged in that state. We reverse and remand this case with directions.

The petitioner was arrested in Rifle, Colorado on June 26, 1981, by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The petitioner was…