Sonkin v. State


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Docket Number: 2000-CA-01827-SCT

Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 06-13-2002
Opinion Author: COBB,
Holding: REVERSED AND REMANDED

Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: SMITH, P.J., DIAZ, EASLEY, CARLSON AND GRAVES, JJ.,
Dissenting Author : McRAE, P.J., WALLER, J.,
Dissent Joined By : JOINED IN PART BY WALLER, J. JOINED BY PITTMAN, C.J., AND McRAE, P.J.
Procedural History: Bench Trial
Nature of the Case: extradition proceedings

Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 10-24-2000
Appealed from: OKTIBBEHA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Judge: Lee J. Howard
Disposition: the circuit court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the rendition warrant was in proper form and that Sonkin should be held for transfer to the State of Arkansas.

Note: extradition proceedings SMITH, P.J., DIAZ, EASLEY, CARLSON AND GRAVES, JJ., CONCUR. McRAE, P.J., DISSENTS WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION JOINED IN PART BY WALLER, J. WALLER, J., DISSENTS WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION JOINED BY PITTMAN, C.J., AND McRAE, P.

  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: HOWARD SONKIN




JACKSON M. BROWN



 

Appellee: STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: JEFFREY A. KLINGFUSS FORREST ALLGOOD  


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