Sonkin v. State

COBB, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. After a writ of extradition was issued to transport Howard Sonkin from Mississippi to Arkansas to face criminal charges there, Sonkin filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court. Following a hearing, the circuit court denied the petition, finding that the rendition warrant was in proper form and that Sonkin should be held for transfer to the State of Arkansas.

¶ 2. Sonkin appeals the denial of his petition, submitting four assignments of error, which are edited for clarity, as follows:

I. HIS RIGHTS UNDER THE FOURTH AND…