Title: Matter of Woods
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 273, 2010
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 28, 2010

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE 
 
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PETITION OF BERNARD WOODS § 
No. 273, 2010 
FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI. 
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Submitted:  May 17, 2010 
Decided:  May 28, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 28th day of May 2010, the Court has considered the petition for a 
writ of certiorari filed by the petitioner, Bernard Woods, and the answer and 
motion to dismiss filed by the State of Delaware.  The petition for a writ of 
certiorari is lacking in any averments to invoke the original jurisdiction of 
this Court.1  The petition appears to reargue this Court’s Order of April 26, 
2010 that affirmed the Superior Court’s denial of the petitioner’s motion for 
postconviction relief.2  A petitioner who has an adequate remedy in the 
appellate process3 may not use an extraordinary writ as a substitute for 
appellate review.4  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of 
certiorari is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice   
                                          
 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(5); Del. Supr. Ct. R. 43. 
2 See Woods v. State, 2010 WL 1664008 (Del. Supr.) (affirming Superior Court’s 
judgment). 
3 See Del. Supr. Ct. R. 18 (providing for reargument of Court’s order on timely-filed and 
otherwise conforming motion for reargument). 
4 Matushefske v. Herlihy, 214 A.2d 883, 885 (Del. 1965).