00:00The judge gave 14 days for the defendant to file a petition for Habeas Corpus challenging the extradition,
00:09and he gave us 30 days for us to procure a governor's warrant from New York,
00:14which is the legal document necessary to effectuate the extradition.
00:20What is the strategy for Habeas Corpus? Is there one?
00:25Well, it simply gets the inevitable started sooner.
00:31We're going to do what's necessary to get the governor's warrant.
00:37We're working with the New York City Police Department and Manhattan DA's office,
00:42and we're going to get the defendant up there so they can prosecute him on their charges.
00:46So waiving accelerates that process.
00:50Contesting it just provides more hoops for law enforcement and prosecutors to jump through,
00:55but we're happy to do that.
00:57Were you disappointed?
00:59Well, they have 14 days to file a petition for Habeas Corpus,
01:04and that would simply be a document challenging the Commonwealth's ability to prove
01:10that the defendant is the person that the state of New York has issued the arrest warrant for.
01:15But that has nothing to do with the ability to be able to go out on bail,
01:21to be free on bail in the meantime.
01:23So for now, I mean, how much long is the bail denied all the way until trial?
01:28Well, this defendant now has two dockets in Blair County.
01:31One docket will go away once he is extradited, and that is his fugitive from justice charge,
01:37and the judge denied bail on that until, obviously, the judge makes a ruling on any defense motions,
01:43at which time we anticipate the state of New York will be able to collect the defendant.
01:48The other local charges, the encounter between the Altoona Police Department and the defendant,
01:54the defendant has been denied bail on that case as well,
01:57which the Pennsylvania Constitution provides for when the judge finds it appropriate under the circumstances.
02:03So your main goal right now is to have him extradited to New York?
02:06That's what you're working towards?
02:08Our primary focus is to cooperate with the New York City Police Department
02:11and Manhattan District Attorney's Office so this defendant can be prosecuted for his New York homicide charge, yes.
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