Full faith and credit has nothing to do with this. The extradition clause is not self executing and is enforced through the States adoption of the uniform act, which LA has not. There is no chance that the NY governor is going to permit the the arrest or extension of this doctor because of the shield law. So LA will have to petition the NY Courts for extradition over the governors objection, which the NY Courts will decline to do. Interstate extradition does not apply here since the doc did commit a crime in LA and then flee.
and protected via new york state law from prosecution by another state state for practicing telemedicine and prescribing abortion drugs to woman living in backward states.
which is entirely irrelevant since NY will not be attempting to extradite anyone from LA. It is LA that will be extraditing from NY, which is singed on and all LA need do is follow the procedures. Great that you have a magic crystal ball that tells you what NY courts will do… especially after the federal courts shoot down NY’s shield law which will come up against the full faith and credit clause (a warrant signed by a judge is a Judicial act). Once the shield law is disposed of, NY is stuck with the fact that it is an extradition state.
We’ll know the outcame in a few months. But until then, I think Dr criminal gets hauled off to LA to stand trial. The NY sheild law gets tossed out because this is an interstate commerce issue. And fee fees about this law being bad won’t save Dr criminal from her fate.
“In rare cases, if someone committed an overt act within the state while not physically present (like a cybercrime), courts may consider them a fugitive even if they were never physically present, but this is highly contested and depends on the specific circumstances”.
Have there been any cases like that under federal extradition laws? Maybe this will be a ground breaking case, if Louisiana cares to take it that far.