Case Title: Madison v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 301, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-12-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JEROME MADISON, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§    No. 301, 2022 
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§    Court Below–Superior Court 
§    of the State of Delaware 
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§    Cr. ID No. 1312014951 (N) 
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Submitted:  October 31, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided:  December 29, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
After consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to 
affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below should be 
affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons cited by the Superior Court in its July 
29, 2022 order denying the appellant’s second motion for postconviction relief.  
Under the circumstances, the Superior Court’s denial of the appellant’s request to 
further expand the record with additional DNA testing did not violate the appellant’s 
due process rights.1 
 
1 See Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(g)(1) (“The judge may direct that the record be expanded by the 
parties by the inclusion of additional materials relevant to the determination of the merits of the 
motion.”) (emphasis added). 
2 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to affirm be 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court be AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice