Case Title: Silva v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 63, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-05-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
HECTOR SILVA, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 63, 2023 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 2101005040 (N)  
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Submitted:   March 22, 2023 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
May 2, 2023 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
After careful consideration of the opening brief, the motion to affirm, and the 
record on appeal, the Court concludes that the judgment of the Superior Court should 
be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s February 7, 2023 order denying the 
appellant’s motion for reduction of sentence.  The Superior Court did not err in 
concluding that the motion was time-barred under Superior Court Rule of Criminal 
Procedure 35(b) and that the appellant did not establish extraordinary circumstances 
to excuse the delay that “specifically justify the delay; are entirely beyond [the 
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appellant’s] control; and have prevented the appellant from seeking the remedy on a 
timely basis.”1 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
1 State v. Diaz, 2015 WL 1741768, at *2 (Del. Apr. 15, 2015) (internal quotations omitted).