In Re Norquist
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Works, J.
Petitioner is in the custody of the sheriff of Los Angeles County after requisition upon the Governor of this state by the Governor of Colorado for the extradition of petitioner, and after order of rendition by the Governor of this state made in compliance with the requisition.
The criminal complaint filed against the petitioner in Colorado states a public offense within the laws of that jurisdiction.
It is said in Scott on Extradition, at pages 98 and 99, that, as a proper basis for the issuance of a requisition for extradition by the Governor of a demanding state, a certificate of a district attorney or prosecutor of that state must show to the Governor, among other things: “ ... (i) If the offense charged is not of recent occurrence, a satisfactory reason must be given for the delay in making the application.” This language is of interest here for the reason that petitioner departed from Colorado on December 7 or 8, 1927, and that he has never again been in that state, that he arrived in California on December 27, 1927, where he has resided continually since, and that criminal complaint was never filed against him in Colorado until November 28, 1930.