Title: Matter of Brown

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

1DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(6); In re Cantrell, 678 A.2d 525, 526 (Del. 1996).
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION OF ALBERT JAMES
BROWN FOR A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
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§  No. 138, 2003
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Submitted: March 25, 2003
  Decided:   April 8, 2003
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices
O R D E R
This 8th day of April 2003, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
On March 12, 2003, this Court received the appellant’s petition for
a writ of habeas corpus.  
(2)
On March 14, 2003, the Clerk issued a notice pursuant to Supreme
Court Rule 29(b) directing the appellant to show cause why the appeal should
not be dismissed for this Court’s lack of original jurisdiction to issue a writ of
habeas corpus.1  The appellant filed his response to the notice to show cause on
March 25, 2003, arguing that his arrest was illegal, but failing to address the
jurisdictional issue.
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(3)
Because this Court lacks original jurisdiction to issue a writ of
habeas corpus, this appeal must be dismissed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Supreme Court
Rule 29(b), this appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Carolyn Berger
Justice