Case Name: HARRIELL v. STYNCHCOMBE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1978-11-30
Citations: 242 Ga. 765
Docket Number: 34203
Parties: HARRIELL v. STYNCHCOMBE.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 765–766

Head Matter:
34203.
HARRIELL v. STYNCHCOMBE.
Submitted November 14, 1978
Decided November 30, 1978
Rehearing denied December 20, 1978.
B. L. Spruell, for appellant.
Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Jordan, Justice.
The appellant was convicted of murder in Indiana in 1943 and escaped from that state's prison in 1969. The State of Indiana sought extradition from the State of Georgia which was granted.
Appellant filed a habeas corpus petition contending that the extradition papers were inaccurate and insufficient and that he was illegally convicted. After a hearing the trial court denied the petition.
We have carefully examined the record and find the extradition papers in compliance with the Uniform Extradition Act. Questions relating to the constitutionality of the appellant's conviction cannot be raised in a habeas corpus extradition proceeding in this state. Smithwick v. Olson, 229 Ga. 494 (192 SE2d 337) (1972).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.