Title: Matter of Lewis
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 66, 2006
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 24, 2006

Lewis v. State, 2005 WL 2414293 (Del. Supr.).
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
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No. 66, 2006
PETITION OF JIMMIE LEWIS
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FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS.
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Def. ID No. 0305016966
Submitted:  February 23, 2006
Decided:  April 24, 2006
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.
O R D E R
This 24  day of April 2006, upon consideration of the petition for a writ
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of mandamus filed by the petitioner, Jimmie Lewis, and the answer and motion
to dismiss filed by the State of Delaware, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
In October 2003, a Superior Court jury convicted Lewis of
Carjacking in the Second Degree, Felony Theft and Resisting Arrest.    In
February 2005, Lewis was sentenced to a total of eight years at Level V,
suspended after six years, for probation.  Lewis’ convictions were affirmed on
direct appeal.  
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(2)
In January 2006, Lewis filed a motion for postconviction relief in
the Superior Court.  The following month Lewis filed his petition for a writ of
mandamus in this Court.  Lewis seeks to compel the Superior Court to order his
In re Bordley, 545 A.2d 619, 620 (Del. 1988).
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See State v. Lewis, Del. Super., Cr. ID No. 0305016966, Ableman, J. (Feb. 9, 2006) (order
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directing that former defense counsel file affidavit and Department of Justice file legal memorandum
in response to motion for postconviction relief).
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former defense counsel and the State to respond to his postconviction motion.
(3)
There is no basis upon which to grant Lewis’ mandamus petition.
This Court will not issue a writ of mandamus to compel a trial court to perform
a particular judicial function, to decide a matter in a particular way, or to dictate
the control of its docket.   Moreover, in view of the Superior Court’s order of
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February 9, 2006, Lewis’ petition for a writ of mandamus is moot.3
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to
dismiss is granted, and Lewis’ petition for a writ of mandamus is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely
Justice