What is the test for an extradition judge to determine whether a convicted criminal has committed a crime in the United States?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from United Kingdom v. Dhinsa, 2015 BCSC 1648 (CanLII):
Finally, where the case is a circumstantial one, the extradition judge is permitted to engage in a limited weighing of circumstantial evidence to ensure that inferences from the evidence are reasonably supportable. If there are competing inferences, and one of those inferences supports guilt, the person sought must be committed. As Neilson J.A. said in United States of America v. Hislop, 2009 BCCA 94:
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