Section 31-4-11 - Penalty for noncompliance with preceding section

Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the governor's warrant, in willful disobedience to the last section [31-4-10 NMSA 1978], shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined (not more than $1,000.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both). History: Laws 1937, ch. 65, § 11; 1941 Comp., § 42-1911; 1953 Comp., § 41-19-11. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Necessity that demanding state show probable cause to arrest fugitive in extradition proceedings, 90 A.L.R.3d 1074.