Affidavits, including any affidavits supplied pursuant to the provisions of section 203 or in support of an application for requisition, and any other hearsay evidence that may be deemed reliable by the court, are admissible at the hearing on the petition contesting extradition, for the purpose of showing that the petitioner is charged with a crime in the demanding state, that there is probable cause, that the petitioner is in fact the person charged with the crime and that the petitioner is a fugitive from justice.

The order or judgment making final disposition of the petition constitutes a final judgment for the purpose of review. A final judgment entered under this section may be reviewed by the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court. An appeal may be taken within 10 days after entry of the order or judgment appealed from. An appeal by the petitioner may not proceed unless the Law Court issues a certificate of probable cause. The filing of the notice of appeal is deemed to constitute a request for a certificate of probable cause. Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the presiding judge shall prepare a statement of the facts of the proceedings in the District Court, which must be forwarded to the Law Court. In the presiding judge's discretion and upon a finding that special circumstances exist, the presiding judge, in lieu of preparing a statement of facts, may order that a transcript of all or part of the proceedings in the District Court be prepared and transmitted to the Law Court. The statement of facts or the transcript must be returned to the District Court with the order of the court. Denial of the certificate constitutes finality of the proceedings. An appeal after the issuance of a certificate of probable cause to the petitioner or an appeal taken by the State, in which case no certificate of probable cause is necessary, may be taken in the same manner as an appeal of a criminal conviction by a defendant except that the appeal must be made directly to the Law Court. The provisions of section 2115-A do not apply.

Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §210-B is enacted to read:

§210-B. Review of final judgment by Law Court

The order making final disposition of the petition contesting extradition constitutes a final judgment for the purpose of review.__A final judgment entered under this section may be reviewed by the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law