▁equivalent ▁to ▁" a ▁contract or ▁not ▁obtain ing ▁the ▁proper ▁perm its "; ▁Bo yles ▁disag re ed , ▁calling ▁J aff e ▁a ▁" big - time ▁white - col lar ▁criminal ". ▁ ▁Ext rad ition ▁of ▁b ount y ▁hun ters ▁B ount y ▁hun ters ▁T imm ▁Joh ns en ▁and ▁Daniel ▁K ear ▁attempted ▁to ▁argue ▁at ▁their ▁extr ad ition ▁hear ings ▁that ▁they ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁extr ad ited ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁acting ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Florida , ▁and ▁presented ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁State ▁Att orney ' s ▁office ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁their ▁plan ▁to ▁se ize ▁J aff e ▁from ▁Canada ▁and ▁had ▁even ▁provided ▁Joh ns en ▁and ▁K ear ▁with ▁J aff e ' s ▁address ▁in ▁Toronto . ▁However , ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁Judge ▁Paul ▁Diet rich ▁ruled ▁that ▁Joh ns en ' s ▁extr ad ition ▁would ▁be ▁legal . ▁K ear ▁also ▁attempted ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁extr ad ited ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁requirement ▁of ▁double ▁criminal ity , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁his ▁actions ▁were ▁not ▁criminal ▁under ▁U . S . ▁law ▁on ▁b ount y ▁hun ters . ▁However , ▁it ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁ruled ▁in ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁case ▁Re ese ▁v . ▁United ▁States ▁that ▁b ount y ▁hun ters ▁could ▁not ▁exercise ▁their ▁powers ▁across ▁international ▁borders , ▁and ▁so ▁K ear ▁was ▁found ▁extr ad itable ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁At