Legal Opinion
Brewer v. Goff
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1943No. 2753PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
By this proceedings in habeas corpus, appellant seeks his release from the custody of the Sheriff of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, by whom he is detained on authority of an extradition warrant issued by the chief executive of Oklahoma on demand of the chief executive of California, who seeks his extradition to California as a fugitive from justice. The asserted illegality of his detention is based upon the narrow premise that since he is not voluntarily in the State of Oklahoma, but is here only in obedience to the compulsory processes of that State, he is not a fugitive…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Roberts v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Commonwealth of Ky. v. DENNISON, GOVERNOR, &C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1861
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Charles E. Smith v. State of Idaho and Paul W. Bright, Sheriff of Ada County, IdahoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Eugene Forester v. The California Adult AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Donald Richard Sanders v. H. J. Conine, Sheriff, Laramie County, Wyoming, 1968Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Moulthrope v. MatusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- In Re FedderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
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