Case Title: Beal v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 85, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-06-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RONALD D. BEAL, 
 
 
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No. 85, 2018 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below:  Superior Court  
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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ID. No. 1308023217 (K) 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted:  April 19, 2018 
  Decided:  June 20, 2018 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
The Court has considered the State’s motion to affirm in this appeal from the 
Superior Court’s order dated January 30, 2018, denying Ronald Beal’s motion for 
postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61.  The Superior Court 
denied Beal’s motion on the basis of a Commissioner’s thorough and well-reasoned 
report and recommendation dated October 19, 2017, which concluded that Beal’s 
claims were procedurally barred under Rule 61(i)(3), unsupported by the record, 
legally insufficient to establish ineffective assistance of counsel, and waived by 
Beal’s intelligent, knowing, and voluntary guilty plea.*  After reviewing the record 
                                          
 
* State v. Beal, 2017 WL 5068571 (Del. Super. Ct. Comm’r Oct. 19, 2017) (Report and 
Recommendation). 
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de novo, the Superior Court issued its order adopting the report and recommendation 
and denying Beal’s motion for postconviction relief.  Having carefully considered 
the parties’ submissions and the Superior Court record, we agree that Beal’s appeal 
is without merit.  The Superior Court did not err in denying Beal’s motion for 
postconviction relief.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is 
GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice