Case Title: Barrett v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 458, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2024-02-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JANE BARRETT,1 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Petitioner, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 458, 2023 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. S23M-09-014  
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Submitted: February 9, 2024 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
February 14, 2024 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and GRIFFITHS, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the unopposed motion to remand, it appears to the 
Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Jane Barrett, filed this appeal from a Superior Court  
order requiring her to relinquish firearms in her possession under 11 Del. C. § 1448C.   
(2) 
After Barrett filed her opening brief, the State filed a motion to remand 
this matter to the Superior Court.  The State admits that police did not comply with 
all of the civil procedures for relinquishment under Section 1448C and asks that the 
 
1 The Court has assigned a pseudonym to the appellant. 
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Superior Court have the opportunity to address this lack of compliance in the first 
instance as it was not raised below.  Barrett has no objection to the motion to remand.    
(3) 
The Court agrees that the proper course of action is to remand this 
matter to the Superior Court for further proceedings.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that this matter is REMANDED to 
the Superior Court for further proceedings.  Jurisdiction is not retained.   
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
       Chief Justice