Title: Patrick Marcus Navarre v. Jim Baker, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 2021-001
State: Vermont
Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court
Date: January 28, 2021

ENTRY ORDER SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2021-001 JANUARY TERM, 2021 Patrick Marcus Navarre* v. Jim Baker, Commissioner, Department of Corrections } } APPEALED FROM: } Superior Court, Windsor Unit } Civil Division } } DOCKET NO. 20-CV-00881 In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter: Petitioner appealed the civil division’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that Vermont’s Uniform Criminal Extradition Act permits the trial court to exercise discretion to release a person on bail before issuance of a governor’s warrant where that person is subject to a fugitive petition and charged in another state with an offense punishable by life imprisonment. In December 2020, petitioner was arrested on an out-of-state warrant, and the criminal division concluded that it did not have discretion to release petitioner as a fugitive from justice being held pending issuance of a governor’s warrant under 13 V.S.A. §§ 4955-4956. The court thus held petitioner without bail. Petitioner brought a habeas petition, which the civil division denied, agreeing with the criminal division that trial courts have no discretion to consider bail and/or conditions of release when a fugitive is charged with a crime punishable by life imprisonment. On January 15, 2021, a governor’s warrant was issued authorizing petitioner’s arrest. The State moved to dismiss this appeal, representing that petitioner joined in and stipulated to the motion, and arguing that the sole issue on appeal is moot because defendant is no longer being held pending execution of a governor’s warrant. 2 The joint stipulated motion to dismiss the above-captioned appeal is hereby granted, and the appeal is dismissed. BY THE COURT: Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice Beth Robinson, Associate Justice Harold E. Eaton, Jr., Associate Justice Karen R. Carroll, Associate Justice William D. Cohen, Associate Justice