People ex rel. Nelson v. Warden of Brooklyn House of Detention

*759OPINION OF THE COURT

Frank J. Barbaro, J.

This case raises an apparent issue of first impression: whether petitioner, prior to a hearing at which he is expected, to challenge extradition on the ground that he was not present in the demanding State at the time of the alleged crime, is statutorily, or should otherwise be, required to disclose the names and addresses of the alibi witnesses he expects to call at that hearing? For the reasons set forth below, this court answers this question in the negative.

Alfonso Nelson, also known as Starwell Nelson, has been charged in Virginia with murder and a…