Case Title: Hubbard v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 60, 2010

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ABDULLAH G. HUBBARD,   
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 60, 2010 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID No. 9412010363 
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§ 
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Submitted: May 11, 2010 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: June 21, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 21st day of June 2010, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The defendant-appellant, Abdullah G. Hubbard, filed an appeal from 
the Superior Court’s denial of his motion for correction of illegal sentence pursuant 
to Superior Court Criminal Rule 35(a) and his subsequent motion for reargument.  
The plaintiff-appellee, the State of Delaware, has moved to dismiss Hubbard’s 
appeal as untimely.1  We agree and, accordingly, grant the State’s motion to 
dismiss.   
 
(2) 
On December 2, 2009, Hubbard filed a motion for correction of an 
illegal sentence in connection with sentences he received while on probation in 
                                                 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 30(d). 
 
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1999.  The Superior Court denied the motion by order docketed on December 14, 
2009 on the ground that a reduction of the sentence was not warranted.  On 
December 29, 2009, Hubbard filed a “motion for review” of the order, requesting 
that the Superior Court explicitly address his argument that his sentence was illegal 
pursuant to Rule 35(a).  Essentially, Hubbard sought reargument of the Superior 
Court’s order.2  The Superior Court denied the motion for reargument by order 
docketed on January 7, 2010.3   
 
(3) 
The record reflects that Hubbard’s motion for reargument, which was 
filed on December 29, 2009, was untimely, since it was filed more than 5 days 
after the filing of the Superior Court’s December 14, 2009 order.4  Because 
Hubbard’s motion for reargument was untimely, the Superior Court did not have 
jurisdiction to consider it.5  Moreover, Hubbard’s untimely motion did not toll the 
time within which to appeal the Superior Court’s December 14, 2009 order.6  As 
such, to the extent that Hubbard seeks to appeal the Superior Court’s December 14, 
2009 order, his appeal is untimely and, therefore, must be dismissed.7       
                                                 
2 Super. Ct. Civ. R. 59(e); Super. Ct. Crim. R. 57(d). 
3 In his notice of appeal, Hubbard incorrectly states that his appeal is from an order of the 
Superior Court dated January 11, 2010.   
4 Super. Ct. Civ. R. 59(e). 
5 Preform Bldg. Components, Inc. v. Edwards, 280 A.2d 697, 698 (Del. 1971). 
6 Id.; Supr. Ct. R. 6(a)(iii). 
7 Hubbard filed his appeal on February 9, 2010, well past the due date of January 13, 2010.  
Supr. Ct. R. 29(b). 
 
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(4) 
Hubbard’s appeal from the Superior Court’s January 7, 2010 order 
also is untimely.  While Hubbard claims that the date of the Superior Court’s order 
denying his motion for reargument should be deemed to be January 11, 2010, the 
record reflects otherwise.8  Hubbard did not file his appeal from the order of the 
Superior Court that was docketed on January 7, 2010 until February 9, 2010---one 
day beyond the due date for the appeal.9  As such, Hubbard’s appeal from that 
order also must be dismissed as untimely.10 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to dismiss 
the appeal is GRANTED.11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
8 Hubbard’s argument that the due date for his appeal should be calculated from the date of 
mailing of the Superior Court’s order is unavailing.  Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del. 
1989); Bey v. State, 402 A.2d 362, 363 (Del. 1979).   
9 Supr. Ct. R. 6(a)(iii). 
10 Supr. Ct. R. 29(b). 
11 The State’s motion to affirm is moot.