Morris v. Nelson

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The petitioner-appellant, Freddie Lee Morris, appeals the Arapahoe County district court’s discharge of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court discharged the writ because all of the documents construed together substantially charged the petitioner with committing the crime of abandonment for failing to pay child support for his daughter in Wisconsin. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the extradition documents did not properly allege his nonfugitive status. We affirm the district court’s discharge of the petition.

A criminal complaint filed in…