Title: Radant v. Vargason

State: nebraska

Issuer: Nebraska Supreme Court

Document:

368 N.W.2d 483 (1985) 220 Neb. 116 Larry Dean RADANT, Appellant, v. Burton VARGASON, Sheriff of Rock County, Nebraska, Appellee. No. 84-660. Supreme Court of Nebraska. May 31, 1985. *485 James F. Brogan, Madison, for appellant, and, on brief, John P. Heitz, Bassett. Avery L. Gurnsey, Rock County Atty., Bassett, for appellee. KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, HASTINGS, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ. BOSLAUGH, Justice. This is an appeal in a proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Larry Dean Radant, seeks his release from the custody of the respondent, Burton Vargason, the sheriff of Rock County, Nebraska. The petitioner is in the custody of the sheriff pursuant to a warrant issued by the Governor of Nebraska in extradition proceedings commenced by the State of Colorado. After an evidentiary hearing the county court quashed the writ. On appeal to the district court, the order of the county court was affirmed. The petitioner contends that the district court erred in finding that the documents submitted by the State of Colorado complied with the provisions of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Neb. Rev.Stat. §§ 29-729 et seq. (Reissue 1979 & Cum.Supp.1984). On August 12, 1983, the Governor of the State of Colorado made a written demand for the extradition of the petitioner, stating: At the same time, the Governor of the State of Colorado authorized Verne Soucie or his agent to receive the petitioner from the proper authorities of the State of Nebraska and convey him to the State of Colorado to be dealt with according to the law. Thereafter, on August 31, 1983, the Governor of the State of Nebraska issued the warrant authorizing the petitioner's arrest and his delivery to the agent of the State of Colorado. After his arrest the petitioner filed an application pursuant to § 29-738 for a writ of habeas corpus to test the legality of his arrest. The matters which may be considered by the courts of the asylum state upon an application for a writ of habeas corpus are very limited. In Michigan v. Doran, 439 U.S. 282, 289, 99 S. Ct. 530, 535, 58 L. Ed. 2d 521 (1978), the U.S. Supreme Court held: See, also, West v. Janing, 202 Neb. 141, 274 N.W.2d 161 (1979); Rodgers v. Adams, 212 Neb. 716, 325 N.W.2d 157 (1982); Wise v. State, 197 Neb. 831, 251 N.W.2d 373 (1977). The record demonstrates that all of the essential requirements of § 29-731, which sets out the requisites for a demand for extradition, have been met. See Austin v. Brumbaugh, 186 Neb. 815, 186 N.W.2d 723 (1971). Also, the essential requirements of § 29-736 have been complied with. The warrant which was issued authorizes that the accused be delivered to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state, Verne F. Soucie. The fact that the application for requisition set forth his name as Verne E. Soucie is of no consequence. The petitioner further contends that the warrant issued by the Governor of Nebraska was defective in that it was signed "Bob Kerrey" as opposed to "Robert Kerrey." Neb.Rev.Stat. § 29-735 (Reissue 1979) provides: The affidavit which the petitioner refers to in support of his argument also states that various signatures used by the Governor of the State of Nebraska "represent one and the same person, namely Robert Kerrey, generally known as Bob Kerrey." We take judicial notice of the fact that Bob Kerrey is the Governor of the State of Nebraska. Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-201 (Reissue 1979). The judgment of the district court was correct and it is affirmed. AFFIRMED.