Legal Opinion
Strachan v. Soloff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 2, 1990PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kupferman, J. P.
In response to a request that a petitioner be returned to the State of Florida to face a charge of murder in the first degree stemming from the 1946 shooting and killing of a Miami police officer (notably the first black member of the police force in Miami), the Governor of New York State issued, on April 2nd, a warrant to the Police Commissioner of New York City to arrest the petitioner for the purpose of extradition.
Before the Governor of New York received the requested warrant from the Governor of Florida and before the Governor of New York issued the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- People Ex Rel. Corkran v. . HyattNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Kurlander v. MarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Strachan v. ColonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990