State ex rel. Danforth v. Bondurant

MORGAN, Chief Justice.

Having issued a writ of certiorari, we now decide whether or not respondent judge exceeded his jurisdiction, in a habeas corpus proceeding, by discharging one Richard P. Marin from custody authorized by an extradition (rendition) warrant issued by the Governor of Missouri.

In 1974, Marin was a resident of Colorado and an automobile salesman in Pueblo, where he was charged with fraud in effecting sales — a misdemeanor under that state’s law. The specific charge being that Marin violated C.R.S.1973, §§ 18-5-301 (1963 C.R.S. 40-5-301 as amended) by selling a 1969 GMC truck…