Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided October 5, 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Johnny Key State Senator

1105 Delwood Lane Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653

Dear Senator Key:

You have asked for my opinion regarding A.C.A. § 16-94-103, which explains, among other things, how one can waive one's extradition rights. You ask four questions:

1. Does A.C.A. § 16-94-103(a)(1) require or mandate that a person being held in custody in Arkansas be brought before a court of record to execute or subscribe a free and voluntary waiver of extradition to the other state holding the arrest warrant?

2. If the answer to Question One is "yes," then is the District Court considered a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. DalzielSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. In Re PattersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Melvin R. Pierson v. Walter H. Grant, Sheriff of Linn County, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009

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