Legal Opinion
Wayne County Prosecutor v. 36th District Judge
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1991No. Docket No. 115674PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDanhof, C.J.
In this case, we are asked to construe the bail provision of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (ucea), MCL 780.15; MSA 28.1285(15). We hold, consistent with the majority of the jurisdictions which have addressed the issue, that once a governor has issued an extradition warrant and a fugitive is being held solely for purposes of extradition to another state under the ucea, the fugitive has no right to bail, and the courts of this state have no power to grant bail.
On December 19, 1988, Detroit police officers, along with fbi agents, arrested Brenda Joyce Ford at a home in Detroit. Ford was…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Grano v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
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