Walker v. United States

The Chief Judge of the Superior Court, pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-704(e) (1996), ordered that appellant be extradited to the State of Maryland in response to a “retake warrant” issued by a Maryland Circuit Court judge and a subsequent extradition request made after appellant was arrested in the District of Columbia. The Circuit Court order in turn stemmed from a decision of the Court of Appeals of Maryland holding expressly that appellant’s wife— and, by implication, that appellant — had been erroneously released from prison before completion of sentences previously imposed following their…