Case Title: Matter of Collingwood

Citation: 

Docket Number: 324, 2002

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2002-08-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
  
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF LAWRENCE 
COLLINGWOOD, JR., FOR A 
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 
 
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§  No. 324, 2002 
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Submitted: June 19, 2002 
  Decided:   August 14, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and BERGER, Justices 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 14th day of August 2002, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The petitioner, Lawrence Collingwood, Jr., an inmate at the 
Delaware Correctional Center, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 
claiming that the conditions of his confinement violate his constitutional rights.  
The State of Delaware, as the real party in interest, has filed an answer and 
motion to dismiss.  Because the petition fails to invoke the jurisdiction of the 
Court, it must be DISMISSED.  
(2) 
The original jurisdiction of this Court does not include habeas 
corpus.1   Accordingly, Collingwood’s petition manifestly fails on its face to 
invoke this Court’s jurisdiction.  The Court further concludes that the giving of 
                                                 
1DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(6). 
 
 
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notice would serve no meaningful purpose and that any response would be of no 
avail.2  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(c), that the within petition is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ E. Norman Veasey 
Chief Justice 
                                                 
2SUPR. CT. R. 29(c).