Johnson v. Kiefer

ROVIRA, Justice.

The appellant, Clifford Johnson, appeals the discharge of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which attacked the sufficiency of the extradition documents submitted to the Governor of Colorado by the State of Massachusetts, pursuant to section 16-19-104, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). We affirm.

Johnson has been held in this state’s custody pending extradition to Massachusetts to face charges of larceny in excess of $100. The only argument he raises in his appeal is that Massachusetts’ extradition demand is fatally defective because two supporting affidavits made before a…