Court Opinion

ID: 9771628
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:49:36.401172+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:34.194375
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ON appellant’s motion for rehearing
WOODLEY, Judge.
Our attention is directed to the fact that though appellant was sentenced, on a charge of conspiracy, to a term of not less than 2 nor more than 5 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary, in addition to a fine of $2,000, the record contains a stipulation that the offense was a misdemeanor and not a felony under the laws of Illinois.
The fact that the offense is a misdemeanor is not material, however, for Sec. 2 of Art. 1008(a) V.A.C.C.P. (Uniform Criminal Extradition Act) makes it the duty of the Governor of this State to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of another state any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
The record before us shows that the conviction in the Illinois Court has been affirmed on appeal and writ of error dismissed by the supreme court of that state. Also it appears that certiorari has been denied by the Supreme Court of the United States.
In the face of these stipulations, appellant would have this *249court deny extradition upon a finding that the conviction was invalid.
Without regard to these stipulations, we hold that this court is not a proper forum for an attack upon the validity of a charge or conviction in the demanding state which the requisition for extradition by the Governor of that state certifies to be a charge or conviction of a crime under the laws of such state. See Ex parte Peairs, 283 S.W. 2d 755.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.