What is the test for identification of a person in a request for extradition from the United States?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from United States v. Wong, 2015 BCSC 2276 (CanLII):

As discussed in Danielson v. United States of America, 2008 BCCA 519, at para. 24, there are two aspects to the issue of identification: 1. on a balance of probabilities is the person before the court the person named in the [Record]; 2. is there is a prima facie case that the person before the court is the person who engaged in the alleged conduct that underlies the request for extradition?

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