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435 So. 2d 422

State v. Tyler

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 9, 1983

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1983-08-09

Relies on Kostic v. Smedley · 165 W. Va. 825 - State Ex Rel. Jones v. Warmuth · Welkes v. Brennan

Decided 1983-08-09

DENNIS, Justice,

¶1dissenting.

¶2I 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.

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