Case Title: White v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 306, 2021

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-06-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
BYRON WHITE, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 306, 2021 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§ Cr. ID No. 1802004471 (K) 
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Submitted: April 4, 2022 
Decided: 
June 2, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, 
Justices. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
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 order, dated August 27, 2021, denying 
the appellant’s first motion for postconviction relief as untimely.  The appellant’s 
conviction became final on October 24, 2018; he filed a motion for postconviction 
relief in the Superior Court nearly three years later, on August 9, 2021.  The appellant 
has not pleaded any circumstances under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(d)(2)(i) 
 
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or (d)(2)(ii) that overcome the procedural bar set forth in Rule 61(i)(1), nor does he 
claim that the Superior Court lacked jurisdiction.1 
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/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 Chief Justice 
 
 
1 DEL. SUPER. CT. CRIM. R. 61(i)(5).