Case Name: William Daniel KELLEMS, Appellant, v. Harold BUCHIGNANI et al., Appellees
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1974-12-13
Citations: 518 S.W.2d 788
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Daniel KELLEMS, Appellant, v. Harold BUCHIGNANI et al., Appellees.
Judges: OSBORNE, C. J., and JONES, STEIN-FELD and STEPHENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 518
Pages: 788–789

Head Matter:
William Daniel KELLEMS, Appellant, v. Harold BUCHIGNANI et al., Appellees.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
Dec. 13, 1974.
Rehearing Denied March 7, 1975.
Anthony M. Wilhoit, Public Defender, Paul F. Isaacs, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.
Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Mark F. Armstrong, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellees.

Opinion:
JONES, Justice.
William Daniel Kellems appeals from an order of the Fayette Circuit Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Kellems, by counsel, contended in the trial court, as he does here, that he was not competent to understand and comprehend the nature of the proceedings to have him extradited to the state of Arizona. In denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus the trial court noted that the demanding jurisdiction, the Arizona court, should conduct a complete mental examination in order to determine Kellem's competency to stand trial.
After a careful review of the records and the briefs, this court is of the opinion that the question of the mental competence of a fugitive in extradition proceedings is not relevant. Charlton v. Kelly, 229 U.S. 447, 33 S.Ct. 945, 57 L.Ed. 1274 (1913); State ex rel. Davey v. Owen, 133 Ohio St. 96, 12 N.E.2d 144 (1937).
The judgment is affirmed.
OSBORNE, C. J., and JONES, STEIN-FELD and STEPHENSON, JJ., concur.
PALMORE, J., dissents in a separate opinion in which REED, J., joins.