Case Title: Williams v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 434, 2015

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2015-12-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RONALDO WILLIAMS, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 434, 2015 
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§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID Nos. 1203017926 and 
§  1205011732 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: October 27, 2015 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: December 14, 2015 
 
Before HOLLAND, VALIHURA, and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 14th day of December 2015, the Court has carefully considered the 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record on appeal.  
The appellant, who pled guilty to offenses involving the possession of illegal 
drugs, appeals the dismissal of his Rule 61 motion for postconviction relief.  In 
several prior cases, this Court has rejected various iterations of the same arguments 
presented in this appeal.1  For the reasons stated in those cases, we affirm the 
Superior Court’s denial of postconviction relief in this appeal.  The appellant’s 
                                                 
1 See Aricidiacono v. State, __ A.3d __, 2015 WL 5933984, at *3–4 (Del. Oct. 12, 2015); Anzara 
Brown v. State, 117 A.3d 568, 581 (Del. 2015); Ira Brown v. State, 108 A.3d 1201, 1205–06 
(Del. 2015); State v. Jones, 2015 WL 6746873, at *1 (Del. Nov. 4, 2015); Turnage v. State, 2015 
WL 6746644, at *1 (Del. Nov. 4, 2015); Brewer v. State, 2015 WL 4606541, at *2–3 (Del. July 
30, 2015); McMillan v. State, 2015 WL 3444673, at *2 (Del. May 27, 2015); Patrick L. Brown v. 
State, 2015 WL 3372271, at *2 (Del. May 22, 2015); Carrero v. State, 2015 WL 3367940, at *2 
(Del. May 21, 2015). 
 
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petition was procedurally barred as untimely, and he failed to overcome that 
procedural hurdle.   
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice