Council v. MacFarlane

KIRSHBAUM, Justice:

The petitioner, Joseph Council,1 appeals the trial court’s judgment denying his request for habeas corpus relief in connection with extradition proceedings pending against him. The petitioner alleges that the respondents failed to establish a prima facie case of identity and, alternatively, that in any event the petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that he is not the person described as a fugitive in the requisition documents filed with the trial court. We affirm.

On November 13, 1984, an information was filed against the petitioner in the trial court…