Utt v. Warden, Balto. City Jail

In this appeal we are asked to consider whether the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution confers a right to have the assistance of counsel at a governor’s extradition hearing. We shall hold that it does not.

Appellant David Harold Utt, a/k/a Harold David Utt, was wanted in Indiana on charges of theft. He fled that State but for one reason or another was apprehended by Maryland authorities (the record is not clear on the point). Word of appellant’s arrest and detention reached Indiana authorities, whereupon the Governor of Indiana presented a demand for his extradition. On January…