Case Title: Washington v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 197, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MICHAEL T. WASHINGTON, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 197, 2022 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 0909018475 (N) 
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Submitted: July 22, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
September 6, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VAUGHN 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 May 24, 2022 order.1  The Superior 
Court did not err in treating the appellant’s motion to set aside judgment under 
Superior Court Civil Rules 55(c) and 60(b) as his third motion for postconviction 
relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and summarily dismissing that motion.  
The appellant did not plead with particularity new evidence of actual innocence or 
 
1 State v. Washington, 2022 WL 1656008 (Del. Super. Ct. May 24, 2022). 
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that a new, retroactive rule of constitutional law rendered his convictions invalid.2  
Nor did he assert any claim that the Superior Court lacked jurisdiction. 3   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that motion to affirm is GRANTED 
and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
2 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(2). 
3 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(5).