Case Name: The People of the State of Colorado v. Rafael Gomez, a/k/a Dale M. Langdon
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1976-12-27
Citations: 192 Colo. 313
Docket Number: No. 27351
Parties: The People of the State of Colorado v. Rafael Gomez, a/k/a Dale M. Langdon
Judges: 
Reporter: Colorado Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 313–314

Head Matter:
No. 27351
The People of the State of Colorado v. Rafael Gomez, a/k/a Dale M. Langdon
(558 P.2d 439)
Decided December 27, 1976.
J. D. MacFarlane, Attorney General, Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy, Edward G. Donovan, Solicitor General, Thomas J. Tomazin, Assistant, for plaintiff-appellee.
R. Douglas Buckles, Robert M. Petrusak, for defendant-appellant.
En Banc.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
The defendant was arrested and charged with a violation of section 16-19-103, C.R.S. 1973 (fugitive from another jurisdiction). He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the extradition proceeding, asserting that the documents supporting extradition were incomplete. The trial court properly dismissed the petition.
In People v. Pitcher, 192 Colo. 195, 557 P.2d 395 we stated that a "habeas corpus proceeding is not filed as part of an extradition proceeding, but is filed as an independent civil action." We find application of that principle appropriate in this case.
Judgment affirmed.