Allen v. State

PRATHER, Justice,

for the Court:

An extradition request from the demanding state of Alaska for return of a fugitive within this state preceded a habeas corpus petition in the Pike County Circuit Court. The focus of this Court’s opinion is on the standard of the courts of the asylum state in reviewing a release on habeas corpus.

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Richard C. Allen was charged by indictment in the State of Alaska with the sexual assault of his minor stepdaughter. The indictment charged that the offense was committed from on or about the summer of 1984 through July, 1985.

On November 7, 1986, the Governor of…