Vincenzo Melia v. United States of America and William F. Smith, Attorney General

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• purpose of extradition hearing is not to determine guilt or innocence but only to decide if there is sufficient evidence to justify extradition under the appropriate treaty
• “An extradition hearing is not the occasion for an adjudication of guilt or innocence.”
• “[Petitioner] will have the opportunity before the Canadian courts to challenge Canada’s jurisdiction over him. We have the utmost confidence that the Canadian courts will decide the jurisdictional issue correctly.”
• “An extradition hearing is not the occasion for an adjudication of guilt or innocence.”
• “An extradition hearing is not the occasion for an adjudication of guilt or innocence.”
• “We are not expected to become experts in the laws of foreign nations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).