Title: Marvel v. Carroll

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LARRY D. MARVEL, 
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
THOMAS CARROLL, 
 
Respondent Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 427, 2003 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  C.A. No. 03M-07-013 
§  Cr. ID 89S00958DI 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: March 5, 2004 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: May 12, 2004 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 12th day of May 2004, after careful consideration of the parties’ 
briefs and the record below, we find it manifest that the judgment of the 
Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-
reasoned decision dated August 1, 2003.  The Superior Court did not err in 
concluding that Marvel’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus lacked merit, 
because Marvel is being detained pursuant to a valid sentence imposed by 
the Superior Court on March 2, 1990.*   
                                                 
* See Hall v. Carr, 692 A.2d 888, 891 (Del. 1997) (“Unlike its federal counterpart, 
the writ of habeas corpus under Delaware law provides relief on a very limited basis.  
Habeas corpus provides an opportunity for one illegally confined or incarcerated to 
obtain judicial review of the jurisdiction of the court ordering the commitment.”). 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice