The petitioner, John Arnold Powell, escaped from the custody of the North Carolina Department of Prisons and fled to the State of Rhode Island where he was apprehended and held for extradition to North Carolina. While awaiting extradition and while confined in the Adult Correctional Institution at Cranston, Rhode Island, the petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the United States...
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