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WATSON v. BURGAN

610 A.2d 1364 (1992)

Robert J. WATSON, Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Corrections and Cathy Guessford, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Ricky D. BURGAN, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), Chief of Appeals Div., and Loren C. Meyers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellants.

Bernard J. O'Donnell (argued), and Brian J. Bartley, Asst. Public Defenders, Office of Public Defender, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.

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. Burgan ("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ruled that a 1990 Addendum to Department regulations, adopted upon the advice of the Attorney General, incorrectly repealed an earlier...

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