Legal Opinion
George Raymond Devine v. Tracy A. Hand, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 24, 1961No. 6565_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the District Court’s denial of Devine’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed after having exhausted his state remedies.
He was convicted of burglary and larceny in a Kansas state court, upon a plea of guilty, and is presently in that State’s penitentiary.
His first contention is that he was forcibly brought from Missouri for trial in Kansas, without being properly extradited, in violation of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment; and that his conviction was therefore a nullity. But, “ * * * the pow«r of a court to try a person for crime is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Odell v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Ramsey v. HandSupreme Court of Kansas · 1959
- Snell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. James Milton Cotten and William Lowell RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- State v. BurnettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1977
- James C. Miles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Groene v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
- Abel v. TinsleyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1962
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