Case Title: Matter of Miller

Citation: 

Docket Number: 142, 2002

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2002-05-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
1Miller v. State, Del. Supr., No. 382, 1993, Moore, J. (Apr. 29, 1994).
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION OF TYRONE L.
MILLER FOR AN
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
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§  No. 142, 2002
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Submitted: March 28, 2002
  Decided:   May 6, 2002
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices
O R D E R
This 6th day of May 2002, upon consideration of the petition of Tyrone
L. Miller for an extraordinary writ and the State’s answer and motion to
dismiss, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
In July 1993, Miller was convicted by a Superior Court jury of
Attempted Unlawful Sexual Intercourse in the First Degree and Unlawful
Sexual Penetration in the Third Degree.  He was sentenced to incarceration
at Level V for life, plus 5 years.  His convictions and sentences were affirmed
by this Court on direct appeal.1  The Superior Court docket sheet reflects that,
in 1995, Miller moved for postconviction relief pursuant to Superior Court
Criminal Rule 61.  The Superior Court denied the motion, but Miller did not
appeal the Superior Court’s decision to this Court. Although it is not clear on
2Matushefske v. Herlihy, 214 A.2d 883, 885 (Del. 1965).
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the face of Miller’s petition for extraordinary relief, it appears he is requesting
that his convictions be vacated.
(2)
A petition for an extraordinary writ may not be used as a
substitute for a timely appeal.2  Although Miller filed a direct appeal, he did
not pursue fully the remedy available to him pursuant to Rule 61 by filing an
appeal of the Superior Court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief.
Moreover, Miller’s petition states no basis for the issuance of an extraordinary
writ.  For these reasons, Miller’s petition for extraordinary relief must be
dismissed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Miller’s petition for an
extraordinary writ is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
   s/Joseph T. Walsh
       Justice