Case Title: Word v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 647, 2002

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2003-05-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CLARENCE WORD, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 647, 2002 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr.A. Nos. IN99-06-1635 and  
§  -1636 
§ 
§ 
 
Submitted:  April 4, 2003 
Decided:  May 27, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
This 27th day of May 2003, upon consideration of parties’ briefs and 
the record below, it appears to the Court that this appeal should be affirmed 
on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-reasoned decision dated November 
7, 2002.  The Superior Court did not err in denying Word’s postconviction 
claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.  Furthermore, the Superior Court 
did not abuse its discretion in permitting the State to file its response to 
Word’s lengthy petition and amendment to the petition out of time.  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice