Case Title: Elmore v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 227, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
AMIR ELMORE, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 227, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1404013039B (K) 
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  Submitted:  
 May 30, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:     July 17, 2018 
 
Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 17th day of July 2018, after careful consideration of the appellant’s 
opening brief, the appellee’s motion to affirm, and the record below, we conclude 
that the Superior Court order, dated April 20, 2018, summarily dismissing the 
appellant’s first motion for postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 
61 should be affirmed.  Even if the appellant filed his motion in January 2017 as he 
claims, this was more than a year after his conviction became final in June 2015.1   
                                                 
1 Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(m)(2) (providing that if a defendant files a direct appeal, the conviction 
becomes final when the Supreme Court issues a mandate or order finally determining the case on 
direct review).  This Court affirmed the appellant’s convictions on June 9, 2015 and issued the 
mandate on June 25, 2015.  Elmore v. State, No. 597, 2014. 
2 
 
The motion was therefore untimely under Rule 61(i)(1) and did not satisfy the 
pleading requirements of Rule 61(i)(5) or 61(d)(2).       
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that motion to affirm is GRANTED 
and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice