Case Title: Boyer v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 258, 2006

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2006-08-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DONALD J. BOYER, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 258 , 2006 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 86010533DI 
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Submitted: July 11, 2006 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: August 15, 2006 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 15th day of August 2006, after careful consideration of appellant’s opening 
brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the judgment of the 
Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis that the issue raised by Boyer is 
controlled by well-settled Delaware law.  In Evans v. State, 872 A.2d 539 (Del. 2005), 
this Court rejected the argument that a parolable life sentence should be treated as a 
fixed term of 45 years.  Boyer’s appeal offers no basis to reconsider that holding.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior Court 
is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice