State v. Smith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is an appeal by the State under K.S.A. 22-3602(h)(3) from an order of the Lyon District Court in an extradition proceeding, refusing the Governor’s Warrant and dismissing the action. The defendant, Daniel Smith a/k/a Charles C. Stacy, was charged with being a fugitive from justice under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (K.S.A. 22-2701 et seq.) based upon several complaints charging him with passing felony bad checks in the amount of approximately $14,500 in the State of New Hampshire.

Briefly, the facts are these. The Lyon county…