People ex rel. Deschamps v. Knowlton

Appeal from an order of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nelson, J.), entered March 12, 1985, which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, after a hearing.

Petitioner had been charged with escape in the first degree in Alabama when he was arrested in St. Lawrence County as a fugitive from justice (see, CPL 570.34, 570.36). Following a request by the Governor of Alabama for petitioner’s surrender, the Governor of this State granted extradition and issued a warrant of arrest for petitioner. Petitioner then sought a writ of habeas corpus…