Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 23, 1951No. 5 Div. 515PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
Certiorari to the Court of Appeals. The writ was granted in view of a claimed conflict in the Alabama decisions relative to whether or not on habeas corpus, when the rendition warrant in extradition fails to show affirmatively the several statutory prerequisites for its issuance, the same may be aided by proof (documents before the Governor) which would show that all of the requisite jurisdictional matters did obtain when the warrant was issued by the executive department of the sanctuary state.
Section 54, Title 15, Code of Alabama, 1940, reads as follows. “If the governor…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Lawrence v. . BradyNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Kingsbury's caseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- People Ex Rel. Jourdan v. DonohueNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Collins v. TraegerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
- In Re HaganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
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3Cited by35 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Hackler v. LohmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Self v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1956
- In Re MartzIdaho Supreme Court · 1960
- Dawson v. BEASLEY, SHERIFFIndiana Supreme Court · 1962
- Meadows v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1955
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