Legal Opinion
Consalvi
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 20, 1977PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
Pursuant to formal demands by the Governor of Kansas for rendition of the petitioners, the Governor of the Commonwealth issued warrants for their arrest, upon execution of which they initiated these proceedings for their release on writs of habeas corpus. See G. L. c. 276, §§ 11-20R. A judge of the Superior Court denied the relief sought, and the petitioners have appealed. Their single contention on appeal, though presented in several variations, is that the documents which accompanied the Kansas demands are insufficient to establish probable cause that the petitioners committed the crimes…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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- Oliver Lee Kirkland and Elizabeth Smith v. Paul H. Preston and Luke MooreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- James Thomas Frazier v. Ralph Roberts, Superintendent of the Cummins Farm Unit of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- William Nicholas Ierardi v. Frank O. Gunter, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by3 opinions
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