State ex rel. Reed v. Frawley

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

Joe Reed, a minor, is charged with armed robbery and aggravated vehicular hijacking in Illinois. Illinois seeks to have Reed extradited from Missouri in order to face these charges. Reed petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus or, in the alternative, a writ of prohibition to require that a hearing be held to determine whether or not he is competent to understand and assist his counsel in defending against the extradition. This Court granted a preliminary writ in prohibition on March 20, 2001. We now make that writ absolute.

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