United States District Court September 1, 1981, No. WR-CR-6261-81 (Arizona v. Begay)

Honorable Tom Tso, Judge presiding.

NOTE: This decision has been reversed by the Navajo Court of Appeals, In the Matter of Battles, 3 Navajo R. 92 (1982)

This matter comes before the court on a petition to extradite Richard L. Begay, the defendant, Navajo jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the State of Arizona for criminal prosecution.