Case Name: STATE ex rel SWANN, Appellant, v. PEARCE, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1984-08-15
Citations: 69 Or. App. 475
Docket Number: C83-12-35731; CA A31262
Parties: STATE ex rel SWANN, Appellant, v. PEARCE, Respondent.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 69
Pages: 475–476

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted August 3,
affirmed August 15,
reconsideration denied September 28, petition for review denied October 30,1984 (298 Or 150)
STATE ex rel SWANN, Appellant, v. PEARCE, Respondent.
(C83-12-35731; CA A31262)
686 P2d 454
Phillip M. Margolin, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
Stephen F. Peifer, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Plaintiff appeals an order of the circuit court extraditing him to the State of Alabama under a Governor's Warrant. He contends in this court that the order is invalid under both Article IV, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution and Article I, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution, because it was not personally signed by the Governor but by his legal counsel.
In the trial court, no constitutional objection was made. Plaintiffs replication to the return of the writ of habeas corpus asserted only that "the purported Governor's warrant is invalid, not having been duly signed by the Governor of the State of Oregon."
ORS 133.743(2) specifically authorizes "[t]he Governor [to] appoint a member of [his] legal staff to act in behalf of the Governor under ORS 133.743 to 133.857 in performing the extradition functions of the Governor. "
On the record made below, the court properly discharged plaintiff s writ. We decline to reach the constitutional questions not raised below.
Affirmed.