Case Name: Frank BARNARD v. STATE of Maine
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1987-05-20
Citations: 525 A.2d 1038
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frank BARNARD v. STATE of Maine.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 525
Pages: 1038–1039

Head Matter:
Frank BARNARD v. STATE of Maine.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued April 30, 1987.
Decided May 20, 1987.
William Thomas Hyde, Mark L. Fortier (orally), Hyde & Day, Skowhegan, for plaintiff.
David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., William Baghdoyan (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
On appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Somerset County, ordering his extradition to California, Frank Barnard first argues that probable cause was never properly determined. The Superior Court properly found that the documents submitted in support of the requisition for extradition established probable cause. See Olson v. Thurston, 393 A.2d 1320, 1324 (Me.1978). We similarly find no merit in Barnard's second contention, that a statement allegedly made to him by a California police officer that Barnard was free to leave California constituted a "release" under 15 M.R.S.A. § 201(4)(A) (1980), because Barnard was neither in custody in California nor formally charged with the commission of any offense at the time the alleged statement was made.
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.