Stirparo v. State

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from the denial by the Superior Court of relief under a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by two inmates of the Correctional Institution.

The matter was initiated by a letter to Superior Court challenging the State’s method of computing eligibility for parole as prescribed by 11 Del.C. §§ 4346, 4372. The Superior Court considered the inmates’ letter as a petition for a writ of mandamus and ultimately denied relief.

Section 4346(a) basically provides that after serving one-third of the sentence imposed, an inmate becomes eligible to apply for parole.…