§ 9-14-18.Discharge after arrest for offense committed in another state

This section covers a specific fact pattern: an arrest made not on a Georgia charge, but on suspicion that the person committed an offense in another state. Habeas corpus does not automatically free that person just because Georgia itself has no charge pending.

The condition for holding the person is reasonableness — the suspicion of the out-of-state offense has to be reasonable, not a pretext for detention. Once that condition is met, the statute withholds discharge until sufficient time has passed for the demanding state to make a formal request to Georgia’s Governor for the person’s rendition, the interstate process by which one state surrenders a fugitive to another.

The underlying logic mirrors Code Section 9-14-17’s approach to defective process: rather than releasing someone the moment the local record looks incomplete, the statute gives the machinery of interstate cooperation a reasonable window to catch up before habeas corpus forces a release.