Tafolla v. California

How courts have described this case

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• noting that while “legal questions about the computation of petitioner’s sentence are for the demanding state to resolve,” we will examine evidence submitted for sufficiency
• observing that “[b]y any measure, the document is insufficient to show that petitioner’s sentence was unexpired at the time of the conduct that gave rise to the extradition request”
• reversing superior court’s order denying writ of habeas corpus in case involving governor’s warrant extradition
• once State puts into evidence supporting documents, defendant may present evidence to rebut prima facie case
• “[T]he demanding state must establish . . . [that petitioner] has broken the terms of his or her probation or parolef] and [that] the sentence had not expired at the time of the alleged violation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).