Johnson v. Peterson

Appellant, Robert Eugene Johnson, is being held in the Pierce County Jail under a “Governor’s Warrant of Arrest and Extradition,” commanding the Sheriff of Pierce County to deliver him to the Sheriff (or his agent) of Yavapai County, Arizona, pursuant to a request by the Governor of Arizona.

Appellant unsuccessfully sought a writ of habeas corpus from the Pierce County Superior Court, and now seeks a stay of extradition, so that he may prosecute an appeal to this court from the trial court’s denial of his writ.

Appellant concedes in his petition, and the certified papers from Arizona show, that…