UNDERCOFLER, Justice.
The Governor of Michigan sought the extradition of James William Burton for trial in that state for the offenses of fraudulent detention or use by a subcontractor of building contract funds and fraud by false pretenses. Burton filed a writ of habeas corpus in the Fulton County Superior Court and contended that the extradition proceeding was an endeavor to use the criminal process for the collection of civil debts. The trial court found that there...
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