Case Title: Milton v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 46, 2007

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2007-07-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILMER L. MILTON, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§ 
§  No. 46, 2007 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID Nos. 9912003413 and  
§  9912011376 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: April 18, 2007 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: July 2, 2007 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 2nd day of June 2007, after careful consideration of appellant’s 
opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record below, the Court 
finds that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Wilmer Milton, filed this appeal from the 
Superior Court’s sentence following Milton’s adjudication of guilt on a 
charge of violating probation. The State of Delaware has filed a motion to 
affirm the Superior Court’s judgment on the ground that it is manifest on the 
face of Milton’s opening brief that his appeal is without merit.  We agree 
and affirm. 
 
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(2) 
The record reflects that, on April 27, 2000, Milton pled guilty 
under separate indictments to five charges: first degree robbery, possession 
of a firearm during the commission of a felony, second degree conspiracy, 
felony theft, and second degree conspiracy.  The Superior Court, pursuant to 
former Criminal Rule 11(e)(1)C, sentenced Milton immediately to twenty-
four years at Level V suspended after six years for one year of Level IV 
home confinement, followed by four years at Level III then five years at 
Level II probation.  While serving Level III probation, Milton tested positive 
for cocaine four times in October and November 2006 and was arrested as a 
result.  Following a VOP hearing in January 2007, the Superior Court found 
Milton in violation of his probation and sentenced him to five years at Level 
V imprisonment, to be suspended after successful completion of the Key 
Program for eighteen months at Level III Aftercare.  This appeal followed. 
(3) 
Milton raises two issues in his opening brief.  First, he contends 
that he is too mentally unstable to participate in the Key Program.  Second, 
Milton appears to contend that the eighteen-month period of Aftercare 
imposed in the Superior Court’s VOP sentencing order exceeds the one-year 
 
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period of probation authorized by 11 Del. C. § 4333(f).1  Neither contention 
has any merit. 
(4) 
Milton has offered no evidence in support of his mental 
competency claim, nor has he provided any evidence that he raised this 
claim to the Superior Court in the first instance at the VOP hearing.  As the 
appealing party, the burden is on Milton to provide the Court with a 
transcript of all relevant evidence concerning the ruling that is being 
challenged on appeal.2  In the absence of any evidence that this claim was 
raised to the Superior Court below, this Court will not consider it for the first 
time on appeal.3 
(5) 
Moreover, Milton was convicted and sentenced in April 2000 
for first degree robbery, among other offenses.  Once a VOP was 
established, the Superior Court was authorized to impose the suspended 
sentence or any lesser sentence.4  Accordingly, we find this second claim 
without merit.    
                                                 
1 11 Del. C. § 4333(f) provides that “Except as provided by subsection (g) of this 
section, in no event shall the total period of probation or suspension of sentence exceed 
the maximum term of commitment provided by law for the offense or 1 year, whichever 
is greater; provided, that in all cases where no commitment is provided by law the period 
of probation or suspension of sentence shall not be more than 1 year.” 
2 See Slater v. State, 606 A.2d 1334, 1336 (Del. 1992). 
3 Del. Supr. Ct. R. 8. 
4 11 Del. C. § 4334(c). 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice