Court Opinion

ID: 9609760
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:31:12.261387+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:46.942246
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Hill, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent for the reason that there are *782distinct differences between a search warrant and an arrest warrant, and to me extradition is more akin to a search warrant.
The showing of probable cause by affidavit is required prior to issuance of a search warrant. See Bell v. State, 128 Ga. App. 426 (196 SE2d 894). Similar requirements are not made of the affidavit on which an arrest warrant is issued (Code Ann. §§ 27-102, 27-103, 27-103.1, 27-104), but the person arrested is entitled to a probable cause hearing shortly after arrest (Code Ann. §§ 27-210, 27-401).
Regarding extradition, the question presented by this appeal is whether the person arrested is entitled to a showing of probable cause by the affidavit on which the criminal warrant was issued before he can be extradited from this state.
We provide such showing of probable cause to a person arrested in Georgia who is to be tried in Georgia, Code Ann. §§ 27-210, 27-401, but deny it to a person arrested in Georgia who is to be extradited. Wollweber v. Martin, 226 Ga. 20 (1c) (172 SE2d 605).
I would require some showing of probable cause before extradition. An affidavit meeting search warrant affidavit requirements would suffice.