Legal Opinion
Beckwith v. Evatt
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 3, 1991PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Judge.
The petitioner, Byron de la Beckwith, appeals from the trial court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The issue presented for review is whether the writ should have been granted, overriding the governor’s order of extradition.
The petitioner asserts that (1) he is not a fugitive; (2) the extradition documents are facially invalid; (3) he should have been granted an evidentiary hearing; (4) the rule of law placing the burden upon the petitioner to establish his absence from the demanding state is unconstitutional; (5) the rule of law requiring the petitioner to establish…
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- California v. Superior Court of Cal., San Bernardino Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
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