Case Title: Cadiz v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 67, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-08-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ANTHONY CADIZ, 
 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 67, 2022 
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§ 
§  Court Below–Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID Nos.  1610004774 (K) 
§                       1611016828 (K) 
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Submitted: July 25, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
August 15, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; 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 Superior Court’s summary 
dismissal of the appellant’s second, untimely motion for postconviction relief should 
be affirmed.  The appellant, Anthony Cadiz, does not allege that new evidence of 
actual innocence exists.  Even if Cadiz did, however, he cannot avail himself of 
Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(d)(2) because he waived his right to a jury trial and 
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chose to plead guilty.1  And Cadiz does not claim that the Superior Court lacked 
jurisdiction to enter a judgment of conviction and sentence him.2 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
Justice  
 
 
 
1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(2) (providing that a second or subsequent motion for 
postconviction relief must be summarily dismissed unless the movant was convicted after a trial 
and satisfies additional pleading requirements). 
2 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(5).