Title: Matter of Finch
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 326, 2004
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: August 23, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
 
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PETITION OF JERRY FINCH  
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No. 326, 2004 
FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS. 
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Def. ID No. 9511007490 
 
Submitted: August 17, 2004 
Decided: 
August 23, 2004 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 23rd day of August 2004, upon consideration of the petition for a 
writ of mandamus filed by Jerry Finch and the answer and motion to dismiss 
filed by the State of Delaware, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
In 1996, Jerry Finch pled guilty to Delivery of a Controlled 
Narcotic Substance and was sentenced to seven years at Level V, suspended 
after five years, for two years of probation.  Finch was found guilty of 
violation of probation in June 2003 and December 2003 and was sentenced, 
in the latter proceeding on December 5, 2003, to one year and eleven months 
at Level V, suspended upon successful completion of the Level V Key 
Program, for one year at Level III. 
(2) 
On June 15, 2004, Finch filed a motion in the Superior Court to 
correct clerical errors in his sentence.  On July 28, 2004, Finch filed a 
petition for a writ of mandamus in this Court, seeking to compel the 
Superior Court to rule on the motion to correct clerical errors. 
 
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(3) 
By order dated August 3, 2004, the Superior Court denied 
Finch’s motion to correct clerical errors.  In view of the Superior Court’s 
August 3 order, Finch’s petition for a writ of mandamus is moot. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
mandamus is DISMISSED as moot. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice