Opinion ID: 2608942
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Heading: Sufficiency of the Requisition Documents

Text: The primary basis for the defendant's attack on the extradition documents is that his plea was to the crime of possession of harmful drugs and not to the crime of possession of barbiturates which the extradition papers refer to as the crime which the defendant committed. The extradition documents also reflect that the defendant plead guilty to possession of harmful drugs. The defendant takes the position that the documents which are referred to in support of extradition are defective, but concedes that he was charged with possession of barbiturates and plead guilty to possession of harmful drugs. In Tinsley v. Woods, 135 Colo. 590, 313 P.2d 1006 (1957), we declared that in the absence of a showing that certified requisition documents are spurious, the trial court should find them to be sufficient and valid on their face. See Travis v. People, 135 Colo. 141, 308 P.2d 997 (1957). The trial court honored our directive and ordered extradition. In this case, the verity of the probation order, the affidavit alleging a violation of the terms of probation, and the identification documents, which are the key extradition documents, is not questioned. Considered together, the documents create no confusion as to the crime which provides the basis for extradition. The charges are set forth with specificity. Each document also bears the number of the case in which the defendant entered a plea of guilty. A minor discrepancy in the charge set forth in the requisition documents does not prevent extradition. See People ex rel. Gondolfo v. Lindemann, 63 Misc.2d 773, 313 N.Y.S.2d 786 (1969).