State ex rel. Groves v. Mason

This is an appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant had been arrested on an extradition warrant. The petition for the writ challenged the sufficiency of the extradition documentation and his identification as the fugitive person. On appeal only the documentation is in issue.

The statutory requirements for extradition are set out in ORS 133.753.1 A demand is sufficient if it is accompanied by documentary proof that the person is duly charged with a "crime” in the demanding state and is subject to arrest there or that he has been convicted (or sentenced) in the…