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22-2710. Rights of accused person; application for writ of habeascorpus; notice.No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to theagent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have appointed toreceive him unless he shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of acourt of record in this state, who shall inform him of the demand made forhis surrender and of the crime with which he is charged, and that he hasthe right to demand and procure legal counsel; and if the prisoner or hiscounsel shall state that he or they desire to test the legality of hisarrest, the judge of such court of record shall fix a reasonable time to beallowed him within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When suchwrit is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearingthereon, shall be given to the prosecuting attorney of the county in whichthe arrest is made and in which the accused is in custody, and it shall bethe duty of the prosecuting attorney to notify said agent of the demandingstate.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2710; L. 1973, ch. 143, § 1; July 1.
