Case Title: Jackson v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 323, 2012

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GEORGE JACKSON, 
 
 
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No. 323, 2012 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below–Superior Court of  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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the State of Delaware in and for 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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Sussex County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Cr. ID No. 91S03837DI 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: July 5, 2012 
Decided: 
September 27, 2012 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.        
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 27th day of September 2012, upon consideration of the 
appellant’s opening brief and the appellee’s motion to affirm, it appears to 
the Court that: 
(1) 
This appeal is from the Superior Court’s May 16, 2012 order 
denying the appellant’s fifth motion for postconviction relief under Superior 
Court Criminal Rule 61.  On appeal, the appellant raises the same claims that 
he advanced in his postconviction motion.  Additionally, the appellant 
claims that the Superior Court judge, who presided over the 1992 jury trial 
and has denied the appellant’s motions, is biased against him.  In the absence 
of plain error in the record, we reject the appellant’s conclusory assertion of 
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racial bias on the part of the Superior Court judge who presided over the 
appellant’s jury trial and decided the appellant’s postconviction motions.  
(2) 
In its May 16, 2012 order, the Superior Court determined, and 
we agree, that the appellant’s fifth postconviction motion is time-barred1 and 
repetitive2 and raises formerly adjudicated claims.3  On appeal, the Court 
concludes that the appellant’s time-barred and repetitive motion raising 
formerly adjudicated claims does not warrant consideration in the interest of 
justice4 or because of a miscarriage of justice.5   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to 
affirm is GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                          
 
1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(1). 
2 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(2). 
3 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(4). 
4 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(2), (4). 
5 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(5).