Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. David TYLER
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1983-08-09
Citations: 435 So. 2d 422
Docket Number: No. 80-K-2823
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. David TYLER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 435
Pages: 422–422

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. David TYLER.
No. 80-K-2823.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 9, 1983.

Opinion:
DENNIS, Justice,
dissenting.
I believe that Art. 1, § 13 of our state constitution assures a defendant in these circumstances the right to a sanity hearing before extradition to another state. A defendant's right to counsel should not be rendered a meaningless formality because of an inability to understand the nature of the extradition proceeding or to assist his counsel in either waiving or challenging-extradition on the narrow grounds available in the summary proceeding. See Welkes v. Brennan, 79 A.D.2d 644, 433 N.Y.S.2d 817 (1980); Jones v. Warmuth, 272 S.E.2d 446 (W.Va.1980); Kostic v. Smedley, 522 P.2d 535 (Alaska 1974). Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.