Case Title: Hardwick v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 46, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JAMES HARDWICK, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 46, 2023 
§   
§ Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§   
§  Cr. ID No. 0709006233 (N) 
§  C.A. No. N22M-10-098 
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§ 
 
 
 
 
 
  Submitted:  May 30, 2023 
 
 
 
 
     Decided:  July 11, 2023 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
After consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellee’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 order, dated January 25, 2023, denying 
the appellant’s untimely petition for return of property.1  Absent plain error, which 
we do not find here, we decline to consider the constitutional arguments the appellant 
makes for the first time on appeal.2 
 
 
 
1 State v. Hardwick, 2023 WL 525063 (Del. Super. Ct. Jan. 25, 2023). 
2 Supr. Ct. R. 8.   
2 
 
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/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice