Engel v. Bourbeau

This appeal concerns the validity of extradition proceedings undertaken at the *163request of the governor of Georgia to return the petitioner to that state. The dispositive issues1 are whether the trial court erred in failing to consider the constitutionality of the Georgia criminal statute upon which extradition was predicated and whether the petitioner was “substantially charged” in the demanding state as required by General Statutes § 54-162.2

The factual background and procedural posture3 of this case must first be addressed. The petitioner, Martin Engel, who now resides in Connecticut, was…