Case Title: Lacombe v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 22, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-04-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CLAUDE LACOMBE, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§   No. 22, 2018 
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§   Court Below—Superior Court 
§   of the State of Delaware 
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§   Cr. ID 1201018188 (N) 
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Submitted: February 8, 2018 
Decided: 
April 5, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 5th day of April 2018, after consideration of the opening brief and the 
motion to affirm, it is clear that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis 
of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its well-reasoned decision 
dated December 21, 2017.  This was Lacombe’s second motion for postconviction 
relief following his guilty plea in 2013.  A second or subsequent postconviction 
motion following the entry of a guilty plea is subject to summary dismissal under 
Rule 61(d)(2).1  The Superior Court did not err in denying Lacombe relief. 
                                                 
1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(2) (stating that a second or subsequent Rule 61 motion “shall be 
summarily dismissed, unless the movant was convicted after a trial and the motion” meets 
additional criteria under the rule). 
2 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice