EDWARD STACK, SHERIFF, AS CUSTODIAN OF THE BROWARD COUNTY JAIL, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. ROBERT EBBOLE, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1973-10-12
No. 72-958
OWEN, C. J., and CROSS and MA-GER, JJ., concur.
284 So. 2d 472 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1973) Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases

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Synopsis

Sheriff Stack appealed a trial court order discharging Robert Ebbole from custody in an extradition proceeding. The court held that the Illinois complaint adequately charged Ebbole with attempted rape and substantially complied with extradition requirements, reversing the discharge order.


Holding

The court held that the affidavit contained sufficient allegations to substantially charge Ebbole with a crime under Illinois law, satisfying the statutory requirement of F.S. Section 941.03, and that Ebbole failed to overcome the prima facie case established by the rendition warrant.


Headnotes

[1] A rendition warrant is valid if the accompanying affidavit substantially charges the demanded person with committing a crime under the law of the demanding state.

[2] An affidavit supporting an arrest warrant is sufficient if it charges the fugitive with a crime, however inartificially, in the state from which the fugitive has fled.

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“it is only necessary to consider whether the indictment shows satisfactorily that the fugitive has been in fact, however inartificially, charged with crime in the state from which he has fled”

Establishes the legal standard for sufficiency of extradition affidavits—technical perfection is not required, only that the accused be substantially charged with a crime.

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Facts & Procedural History

Ebbole was held in custody pursuant to a Florida rendition warrant issued by the Governor based on an Illinois extradition demand. The Illinois compla…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final order of the trial court discharging appellee from the custody of the appellant. Appellee, who was the petitioner below, was held in the custody of the appellant, who was the respondent below, pursuant to a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of Florida. The rendition warrant was predicated upon a demand for extradition made by the Governor of Illinois for the surrender of the appellee as a fugitive from justice. The appellee filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the adequacy of the requisition papers from the State of Illinois. The writ was issued. At the hearing held before the trial court a final order of discharge was entered.

The contention made by appellee below, with which appellant takes issue, is that the complaint presented to the magistrate in Illinois was insufficient as a matter of law to support the issuance of an arrest warrant. The complaint or affidavit upon which the arrest warrant was predicated was executed under oath before the com mitting magistrate on February 14, 1972, and charged:

. . that at or about the hour of 11:30 P.M. on or about the 12th day of Feb. 1972 in said County and State Robert Ebbole hereinafter called the defendant. committed the offense of Attempt (Rape) in violation of Section 8^t(a) of Chapter 38 of the Illinois Revised Statutes of said State, in this, to wit; that the said defendant a male person of the age of 14 years and upwards, with the intent to commit the offense of rape in violation of section ll-(a) [11 — 1 (a)] of Chapter 38 Illinois Revised Statutes, 1969, did perform a substantial step toward the commission of that offense in that he did knowingly pull down the slacks and under garments of Nancy L. Vincent, a female, not his wife, by force and against her will.”

F.S. Section 941.03, F.S.A., provides, in part, that the affidavit made before the committing magistrate “must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed the crime under the law of that state . . .”. In Chase v. State, 1927, 93 Fla. 963, 113 So. 103, 107, the Supreme Court of Florida, in discussing the sufficiency of an affidvit, observed:

“. . . In the case of State ex rel. Myers v. Allen, 83 Fla. 655, 92 So. 155, it was held, in line with the weight of authority, that it is only necessary to consider whether the indictment shows satisfactorily that the fugitive has been in factj however inartificially, charged with crime in the state from which he has fled. See, also, Munsey v. Clough, supra, [196 U.S. 364, 25 S.Ct. 282, 49 L.Ed. 515].” (Emphasis added.)

See also State ex rel. Dyer v. Wilson, Fla.App.1972, 260 So. 2d 241; Buchanan v. State ex rel. Sowerwine, Fla.App.1965, 171 So. 2d 564.

The affidavit or complaint in the case sub judice contains sufficient allegations of such nature as to substantially charge appellee with a crime against the laws of the demanding state. Cossette v. State, Fla.App.1969, 221 So. 2d 427. The appellee failed to carry the burden of overcoming by competent proof a prima facie case made by the rendition of the warrant. Cossette v. State, supra. Accordingly, the final order of discharge is vacated and set aside and the cause remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

OWEN, C. J., and CROSS and MA-GER, JJ., concur.


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  • Stack v. State of Fla. ex rel. Anthony John Morgan, 381 So. 2d 366 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980)
    …th having committed a crime under the law of that state; and the copy of indictment, information, affidavit, judgment of conviction, or sentence must be authenticated by the executive authority making the demand. . In Stack v. State ex rel. Ebbole, 284 So. 2d 472, 473 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), we held: . In Chase v. State, 1927, 93 Fla. 963, 113 So. 103, 107, the Supreme Court of Florida, in discussing the sufficiency of an affidavit, observed: “. . .In the case of State ex rel Myers v. Allen, 83 Fla. 655, 92 S…

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