Whaley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
The transcript indicates that (1) the extradition documents on their face were in order, (2) the petitioner was charged with a crime in Texas, the demanding state, and (3) the petitioner is the person named in the demand for extradition. It is necessary neither that the petitioner be shown to have been in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the crime, nor that he had fled therefrom. Lyman v. Howard, 250 Ga. 185 (297 SE2d 21) (1982) and cit.
The requirements for extradition set forth in Michigan v. Doran, 439 U. S. 282 (99 SC 530, 58 LE2d 521)…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hutson v. StonerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Lyman v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982