Legal Opinion
Lee v. Massie
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 2, 1982PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The petitioner, Bruce Lee, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Knox County, denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus which contested extradition. Because we conclude that the petitioner is not a “fugitive from justice” within the meaning of Maine’s criminal extradition statutes as they existed when this proceeding was commenced, 15 M.R.S.A. §§ 201-229 (1980), we sustain the appeal and reverse the judgment.
On February 28, 1972, the Larimer County, Colorado, District Attorney filed an information charging the petitioner with kidnapping and assault. The…
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