Supreme Court of Delaware

IMO the Petition of Pierre J. Downs for a Writ of Prohibition

December 12, 2025

Summary

The Court dismissed Downs’s petition for a writ of prohibition because prohibition is available only for a clear jurisdictional defect and only when no adequate legal remedy exists. Downs had pursued sentence-correction motions and appeals, and the Superior Court’s judgment had already been reviewed and affirmed. The Court therefore granted the State’s motion to dismiss.