State v. Tyler

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Tyler, 435 So. 2d 422 (La. 1983)
1983 La. LEXIS 12569
Dennis

State v. Tyler

Opinion of the Court

DENNIS, Justice,

dissenting.

I believe that Art. 1, § 13 of our state constitution assures a defendant in these circumstances the right to a sanity hearing before extradition to another state. A defendant’s right to counsel should not be rendered a meaningless formality because of an inability to understand the nature of the extradition proceeding or to assist his counsel in either waiving or challenging-extradition on the narrow grounds available in the summary proceeding. See Welkes v. Brennan, 79 A.D.2d 644, 433 N.Y.S.2d 817 (1980); Jones v. Warmuth, 272 S.E.2d 446 (W.Va. 1980); Kostic v. Smedley, 522 P.2d 535 (Alaska 1974). Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE of Louisiana v. David TYLER
Status
Published