Title: Matter of Dorsey

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE  
 
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PETITION OF ALFRED DORSEY § No. 319, 2004 
FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS  
 
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CORPUS 
 
 
 
 
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Submitted: August 16, 2004 
   Decided: August 24, 2004 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 24th day of August 2004, upon consideration of Alfred Dorsey’s 
original petition for a writ of habeas corpus, it appears to this Court that the 
petition must be dismissed.  This Court has no original jurisdiction to issue a 
writ of habeas corpus.*   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
habeas corpus is hereby DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
Chief Justice 
 
                                                 
* In re Cantrell, 678 A.2d 525, 526 (Del. 1996); Rocker v. State, 240 A.2d 141, 
142 (Del. 1968); DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 10, § 6901.