Evans v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

The State of Montana filed a request under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, AS 12.70, to have James Evans returned to Montana to face a felony charge of issuing bad checks. Acting upon Montana’s request, the governor of Alaska issued a warrant for Evans’s arrest and extradition to Montana pursuant to AS 12.70.-060-.070. Exercising his rights under AS 12.70.090, Evans filed a habeas corpus action in superior court to contest his extradition. Superior Court Judge Beverly Cutler denied Evans’s petition for writ of habeas corpus and directed that Evans be turned over…