Massey v. Wilson

This is an appeal from an order by the District Court of Fremont County discharging a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner Massey sought the writ to challenge his extradition to Nebraska as ordered by a Colorado governor’s warrant dated June 21, 1977. Because we find that the Nebraska request for extradition was withdrawn and not properly reinstituted, we reverse.

Petitioner escaped from the Colorado State Penitentiary on April 25, 1977 and allegedly went to Nebraska. A Nebraska arrest warrant issued on May 24, 1977 charged petitioner with first degree murder committed while robbing a guest at a…