Title: Matter of Guinn
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 145, 2005
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2005

State v. Guinn, Del. Super., Cr. ID Nos. 0112002560, 0109014778, Ridgely, P.J.,
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(April 26, 2002).
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
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PETITION OF KENDALL GUINN
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No. 145, 2005
FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS.
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Def. ID Nos. 0109014778 
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 0112002560
Submitted: May 4, 2005
Decided:
June 23, 2005
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.
O R D E R
This 23  day of June 2005, upon consideration of the petition for a writ
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of mandamus filed by Kendall Guinn and the answer and motion to dismiss filed
by the State of Delaware, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
In April 2002, Kendall Guinn pleaded guilty to one count each of
Burglary in the Second Degree, Assault in the Third Degree, and Criminal
Contempt of a Protection from Abuse Order.   At sentencing on July 9, 2002, the
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Superior Court declared Guinn a habitual offender and sentenced him to ten
years at Level V for Burglary in the Second Degree and to one year each at
Level V for the other two offenses, followed by probation.
It appears from the Superior Court docket that the State’s response was due on
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February 1, 2005, and was filed on February 9, 2005.  Guinn filed his reply on March 1,
2005.  By report dated June 3, 2005, the Commissioner recommended that the Superior
Court deny Guinn’s motion for postconviction relief.       
See In re Bordley, 545 A.2d 619, 620 (Del. 1988) (providing that the Court will
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issue a writ of mandamus only when the petitioner can show “a clear right to the
performance of a duty by a trial court, that no other adequate remedy is available, and that
the trial court has failed or refused to perform its duty).  See Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, §
512(b)(1), Super. Ct. Crim. R. 62 (providing for review of Commissioner’s proposed
findings and recommendations).
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(2)
In October 2004, Guinn filed a motion for postconviction relief. 
A Superior Court judge referred Guinn’s motion to a Superior Court
Commissioner for proposed findings and recommendations.  By order dated
October 20, 2004, as amended on January 7, 2005, the Commissioner
established filing deadlines for the State’s and defense counsel’s  responses to
the postconviction motion and for Guinn’s reply to the responses.  
(3)
In his petition in this Court, Guinn complains that the Superior
Court has not acted upon his letter requests to sanction the State for failing to
file its response on or before the deadlines established by the Commissioner.2
Guinn requests that this Court compel the Superior Court to strike the State’s
response.
(4)
There is no basis for the issuance of a writ of mandamus in this
case.  Guinn has not established that he has a right to the relief he seeks.3
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Myron T. Steele
Chief Justice