The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which the accused is charged may not be inquired into by the governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of crime in legal form as provided in this chapter shall have been presented to the governor, except as it may be involved in identifying the person held as the person charged with the crime.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-114
Guilt or innocence not inquired into
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 40-9-101 to 40-9-130 (30 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Elliott v. Johnson (1991)
Most recently applied in Elliott v. Johnson (March 1991)
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 20 (Williams, § 11935.20); T.C.A
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.