Legal Opinion · Dissent

Ex Parte Key

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 6, 1957No. 28828Published

1DissentDavidson, Judge

In 1951, the legislature passed what was denominated as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. This appears as Art. 1008a, Vernon’s C.C.P.

Sec. 3 of Art. 1008a prescribes the requisites for the issuance of an extradition warrant by the Governor of this state. It is therein expressly provided that the Governor of this state *526shall not recognize a requisition or demand unless it is accompanied by an indictment, information, or affidavit which “must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of that state.”

The quoted portion of the statute has, in my…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Segal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  2. Lawson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
  3. Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
  4. Coleman County Electric Co-op. Inc. v. AgnewCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
  5. Fox v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912

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