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Mays v. Shields

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided September 5, 1968PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a writ of habeas corpus by which plaintiff petitioner sought his release from custody under a. warrant of arrest and extradition.

Plaintiff was charged in Wyoming with the crime of forgery. Before he was brought to trial he escaped from jail in Wyoming and travelled to Oregon where he was arrested and incarcerated in Multnomah County. The Wyoming authorities then sought to extradite him on a charge of escaping jail and aiding prisoners charged with a felony to escape from jail.

The governor of Wyoming sent to the governor of Oregon a request for the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pettibone v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Travis v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
  3. People Ex Rel. Carr v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  4. State Ex Rel. Treseder v. RemannWashington Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Ex Parte PaulsonOregon Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Yarbrough v. SniderCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1970
  2. Vetsch v. Sheriff of Spokane CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1976
  3. Ault v. PurcellCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1974
  4. State Ex Rel. Clayton v. WolkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Stewart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1970

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