Does Arkansas Extradite for Felonies?
- Arkansas Statute 16.94.103 covers the extradition process if there is no resistance from the arrested person. The arresting officers find out quickly if the person in their custody has a warrant for an arrest or is a fugitive on the run after conviction. This is determined by processing the arrestee's fingerprints and identification. The person is charged with committing a crime in another state and is held until the court convenes for a hearing. The judge at the hearing issues a warrant for extradition after hearing evidence supporting the charge. After the warrant is issued, the police contacts the law enforcement agency presiding over the initial case to arrange for the felon to be transported back the state of the original conviction or felony warrant.
- Arkansas Statute 12.41.208 says that the state of Arkansas will comply with any legitimate demands for extradition of any criminal within their possession. This covers cases where the person arrested isn't properly identified initially or is awaiting the process to be tried under Arkansas state laws for a crime committed within the at state. Once another law enforcement agency stakes a claim to an inmate, Arkansas authorities will comply with immediate extradition.
- The arrestee can fight extradition during the hearing to issue the extradition warrant. Hear, the arrestee can contest the evidence gathered against him in another state, but only if there has yet to be a conviction, according to Lawyers.com. After a conviction and sentencing, the arrestee is only wanted for jumping bond or escaping custody. One can try to prove that he is not guilty of these matters, but finding him so far away from home is usually an ending for such an argument.
- According the Arkansas Statute 16.94.205, Arkansas does not issue the warrant of extradition needed in order to ship an inmate away without proof of a criminal conviction or charge against the arrestee. Without these, there is no lawful way to support sending a prisoner to another facility. Extradition is thus not a practice reserved for people wanted for questioning or who have been behaving suspiciously. The state will also need copies of the indictment, sentencing orders and more to comply.
