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Section 54-162 - Return to another state of person whose act in this state caused crime.

CT Gen Stat § 54-162 (2019) (N/A)
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The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in such other state in the manner provided in section 54-159 with committing an act in this state, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand, and the provisions of this chapter not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to such cases, even though the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime and has not fled therefrom.

(1957, P.A. 362, S. 6.)

Cited. 157 C. 414; 186 C. 404; 190 C. 631; 201 C. 162.

Governor of rendering state exercises informed legal discretion, as extradition is not required by Art. IV, Sec. 2 of the U.S. Constitution; where both governors falsely believed person was a fugitive, extradition will not be granted under section and person must be released, as discretion was not exercised. 34 CS 78.

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Section 54-162 - Return to another state of person whose act in this state caused crime.