Case Title: Puryear v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 40, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-05-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROBERT PURYEAR, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 40, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID 1410020161 (K) 
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Submitted: March 8, 2018 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: May 15, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s 
motion to affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below 
should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s decision adopting the 
Commissioner’s well-reasoned report dated September 20, 2017.  There is no merit 
to the appellant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in the entry of his 2015 
guilty plea to continuous sexual abuse of a child and fourth degree rape. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice