Watson v. Burgan

WALSH, Justice:

This is an appeal from the granting of a writ of mandamus by the Superior Court directing officials of the Delaware Department of Corrections (“the Department”) to recompute the sentence of Ricky D. Bur-gan (“Burgan”) and permit his release from imprisonment. The Superior Court ruled that a 1990 Addendum to Department regulations, adopted upon the advice of the Attorney General, incorrectly repealed an earlier administrative regulation as contrary to Delaware statutory law. We agree and affirm.

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The facts underlying the mandamus proceedings in the Superior Court are not in…