Key legal question
Whether extradition to Italy was barred because the underlying Italian conviction was rendered in absentia without sufficient defense rights.
Extracted holding
Extradition was not barred, because the accused had been represented at the appeal hearing by counsel of his choice who could fully defend him; no further retrial assurance was required.
Extracted reasoning
Under the applicable extradition rules, a default judgment may justify refusal only if minimum defense rights were not respected. Here those rights were sufficiently safeguarded through representation by chosen counsel at the appellate hearing.