Case Title: Whiteman v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 71, 2009

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
BENJAMIN F. WHITEMAN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 71, 2009 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 30901716DI and 
§       30604628DI 
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Submitted: March 23, 2009 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: April 27, 2009 
 
 
 
 
Corrected:   August 3, 2009 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices. 
 
 
This 3rd day of August 2009, after careful consideration of the opening brief 
and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the judgment below 
should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-reasoned decision 
dated February 4, 2009.  Whiteman has filed numerous unsuccessful motions and 
writs challenging, for various reasons, the legality of his 1989 life sentence as a 
habitual offender. The Superior Court committed no error in denying Whiteman’s 
latest repetitive and frivolous motion for correction of sentence.  
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
Justice