Legal Opinion
Macurdy v. Leach
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 18, 1983No. Nos. 82SA124, 82SA184PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
The two petitioners in these consolidated appeals from the Boulder County district court raise the same issue: the propriety of the governor’s delegation of his authority to review and sign extradition documents. The district court approved the delegation and discharged the writs of habeas corpus. We affirm the district court orders.
Colorado authorities separately served the petitioners, Maeurdy and Reedy, with Colorado governor’s warrants as a result of extradition proceedings initiated against them in Pennsylvania and Michigan, respectively. The petitioners challenge the…
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