Whittington v. Bray

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Section 16-19-101, et seq., C.R.S. 1973 (now in 1978 Repl. Vol. 8). The appellant raises three issues relating to the propriety of the extradition proceedings. He first challenges the validity of the governor’s warrant due to the alleged failure of the governor to personally review the requisition documents. Secondly, he questions the sufficiency of the requisition documents from North Carolina used to support the warrant. Finally, he attacks the…