Title: IMO Willis
Citation: N/A
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State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 20, 2021

IMO Willis Annotate this Case Download PDF IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF DIANDRE WILLIS FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI § § No. 195, 2020 § Submitted: July 12, 2021 Decided: July 20, 2021 Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. ORDER After careful consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari, the notice to show cause, and the parties’ responses, it appears to the Court that: (1) The petitioner, DiAndre Willis, seeks to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court, under Supreme Court Rule 43, to issue a writ of certiorari to review and reverse the Court of Common Pleas’ finding of probable cause at Willis’ preliminary hearing. On June 23, 2021, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice directing Willis to show cause why his petition should not be dismissed under Supreme Court Rule 43(b)(vi) because the petition was not first presented to the Superior Court. In response to the notice to show cause, Willis states that he did file the petition in the Superior Court. (2) Rule 43(b)(vi) provides that a petitioner may not file in this Court a complaint for a petition of certiorari directed to the Court of Common Pleas “unless a petition for such writ shall have been first presented to and denied by the Superior Court.”1 At the Court’s direction, the State has supplied the Court with a copy of the Superior Court docket, which reflects that neither the petition nor its denial has Accordingly, Willis’ petition must be been docketed in the Superior Court. dismissed. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 29(b) and 43, that the petition for the issuance of a writ of certiorari is DISMISSED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Karen L. Valihura Justice 1 Del. Supr. Ct. R. 43(b)(vi). 2