Fain v. Bourbeau

The principal issue in this case is whether a fugitive may resist extradition by challenging the authentication of rendition documents when their authenticity has been certified by the governor of the state demanding his return. The petitioner, Ricky Lynn Fain, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was being illegally confined pursuant to a rendition warrant issued by the governor of Connecticut in response to a request for extradition from the state of Florida.1 The trial court rendered a judgment granting the petitioner the relief he sought. Upon the trial court’s…