Case Title: Woods v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 562, 2000

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2001-04-25T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
DONALD J. WOODS,
Defendant Below-
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Plaintiff Below-
Appellee.
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§  No. 562, 2000
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§  Court Below—Superior Court
§  of the State of Delaware,
§  in and for New Castle County
§  Cr.A. No. VN99-07-0453-02
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Submitted: March 23, 2001
  Decided:   April 25, 2001
Before WALSH, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices
O R D E R
This 25th day of April 2001, upon consideration of the briefs on
appeal and the record below, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The defendant-appellant, Donald J. Woods, filed this appeal
from an order of the Superior Court denying his motions for reduction of
sentence and for credit for time served.  We find no merit to the appeal.
Accordingly, we AFFIRM.
(2)
On September 27, 1999, Woods pleaded guilty to Robbery in
the Second Degree1 and was sentenced to five years incarceration at Level
                                                          
1Pursuant to Superior Court Criminal Rule 11(e) (1) (C).
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V, to be suspended for successful completion of treatment at the Recovery
Center of Delaware, with the balance of the sentence to be suspended for
Level III probation.  On February 8, 2000, the Superior Court found that
Woods had committed a violation of probation (“VOP”) and re-sentenced
him to five years incarceration at Level V, to be suspended for five years
of Level IV Home Confinement, with the remainder of the sentence to be
suspended for probation at Level III.  The defendant was to be held at
Level V pending space availability at Level IV.  On August 28, 2000, the
Superior Court again found that Woods had committed a VOP and re-
sentenced him to 1 year of Level V incarceration.
(3)
In this appeal, Woods claims that the Superior Court
improperly failed to credit him with seven months and eighteen days of
time spent at Level V incarceration awaiting placement at Level IV.
Specifically, he claims that this credit should have been applied to the one-
year sentence for a VOP he received on August 28, 2000.
(4)
Woods’ claim is without merit.  The Superior Court was
authorized to reimpose any previously suspended prison term when it
sentenced Woods for his second VOP.2  Woods does not dispute that there
                                                          
2Ingram v. State, Del. Supr., 567 A.2d 868, 869 (1989).
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was at least one year remaining on his original sentence at that time.
Woods is correct that he is entitled to credit for any time spent at Level V
awaiting placement at Level IV.3  He has, however, presented no evidence
to suggest that he has not been given the appropriate credit for such Level
V time.4
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the
Superior Court is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Randy J. Holland
Justice
                                                          
3Gamble v. State, Del. Supr., 728 A.2d 1171, 1172 (1999).
4The Level V time remaining on Woods’ sentence at the time he was sentenced for his
second VOP was his Level V sentence minus any time previously spent at Level V.