Title: Matter of Dickens
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 83, 2002
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 3, 2002

1State v.  Dickens, Del.  Super., No.  0010003055, Vaughn, J.  (Dec.  4, 2001).
Dickens was acquitted of three other charges.
2Dickens was released on bail pending sentencing, but on January 9, 2002, his bail
was increased, and he was committed in default of bail.  
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
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PETITION OF KEVIN L.
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No.  83, 2002
DICKENS FOR A WRIT
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OF MANDAMUS. 
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Def.  ID No.  0010003055
Submitted: March 12, 2002
Decided:
April 3, 2002
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and STEELE, Justices.
O R D E R
This 3rd day of April 2002, upon consideration of the petition for a writ
of mandamus filed by Kevin L. Dickens, and the answer and motion to
dismiss filed by the State of Delaware, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
In December 2001, a Superior Court jury convicted Kevin L.
Dickens of Assault in the Second Degree and Resisting Arrest.1  The Superior
Court ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for
February 13, 2002.2 
(2)
On February 11, 2002, two days prior to Dickens’ scheduled
sentencing, the Superior Court approved the prosecutor’s request for a
continuance.  Dickens’ sentencing was rescheduled for February 27, 2002.
3Dickens was sentenced, effective January 9, 2002, to nine years at Level V,
suspended after four years and 30 days, to one year at a Level IV halfway house, followed
by decreasing levels of probation.
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Dickens’ sentencing was continued two more times, on February 25, 2002,
and again on March 13, 2002. 
(3)
On February 19, 2002, after his sentencing was continued the
first time, Dickens filed a petition for a writ of mandamus.  Dickens requested
that this Court order the Superior Court to sentence him without further delay.
On March 12, 2002, the State filed an answer and motion to dismiss Dickens’
mandamus petition.
(4)
It appears from the Superior Court docket that Dickens was
sentenced on March 27, 2002.3  As a result, Dickens’ petition for a writ of
mandamus in this Court is moot.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is DISMISSED as moot.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ E. Norman Veasey
Chief Justice