Title: Matter of Evans

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
PETITION OF AUGUSTUS 
HEBREW EVANS, JR., FOR A 
WRIT OF CERTIORARI 
§ 
§  No. 246, 2007 
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: June 4, 2007 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: July 24, 2007 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 24th day of July 2007, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The petitioner, Augustus Hebrew Evans, Jr., seeks to invoke 
this Court’s original jurisdiction to issue an extraordinary writ of certiorari.  
He contends that there are irregularities associated with his indictment and 
his arrest on charges of robbery, assault and weapon offenses.  Evans seeks 
dismissal of the indictment against him.  The State of Delaware has filed an 
answer requesting that the petition be dismissed.  We find that Evans’ 
petition manifestly fails to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court.  
Accordingly, the petition must be dismissed.   
 
(2) 
A writ of certiorari is an extraordinary remedy that is available 
in limited circumstances and when no other adequate remedy is available.1  
                                                 
1 Shoemaker v. State, 375 A.2d 431, 437-38 (Del. 1977). 
 
2
In certiorari, review generally is confined to jurisdictional matters, errors of 
law, or procedural irregularities that are manifest on the record.2   
 
(3) 
Because Evans’ argument concerning alleged irregularities with 
his indictment and arrest may be advanced on appeal, he has failed to 
demonstrate that no other remedy is available to him.  As such, Evans is not 
entitled to the issuance of a writ of certiorari. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Evan’s petition for a writ 
of certiorari is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
                                                 
2 Haskins v. Williams, Del. Supr., No. 633, 2006, Steele, C.J. (Mar. 8, 2007); Vincent v. 
State, Del. Supr., No. 232, 2006, Jacobs, J. (Sept. 26, 2006).