FLORIDA TO EXTRADITE KILLER TO CALIFORNIA.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer The mother of a woman who officials say was murdered by convicted killer Glen Rogers cried with relief Friday when she heard that the Florida Supreme Court cleared the way for his extradition extradition (ĕkstrədĭsh`ən), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him. to California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and a trial on the charge. ``I'm so glad,'' said Jan Baxter, in a phone interview from Jackson, Calif. ``We've fought so hard to get him. I'm ready I'm Ready is the double platinum second release from R&B singer Tevin Campbell. I'm Ready yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career the #1 R&B smash "Can We Talk", and produce 3 more successful hits in "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". for him.'' The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday denied Rogers' appeal to block his extradition to California, a decision his public defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was said he will most likely appeal. Rogers, a former Van Nuys resident on Florida's Death Row for the stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. death of a Florida woman, is charged with strangling 31-year-old Sandra Gallagher in Van Nuys. Under an agreement between the Florida and California governors' offices, Rogers was to be extradited to California to stand trial for Gallagher's murder. He appealed the decision on the grounds that it would disrupt his appeals case under way on his Florida conviction, said Tallahassee public defender Glen Gifford. ``(Rogers) wanted to remain in Florida to help his attorney in the capital appeals case, to have access to Florida research materials and so that he could be available to his lawyer,'' said Gifford, who has 15 days to file for a new hearing. Thursday's decision came as no surprise to Florida Assistant Attorney General Carol Dittmar who explained that federal statutes governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. extraditions are limited in interpretation. ``As long as the documents are in order and he is the person California is seeking, as long as that is established, that's all the court can review in extradition proceedings,'' said Dittmar, from Tampa. If the motion for the new hearing is denied, the court will issue a mandate that would give the green light for Rogers' extradition. Dittmar predicted the courts would deny any motion for a new hearing. |
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