Case Title: Dorn v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 275, 2004

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2005-01-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROBERT F. DORN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 275, 2004 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID 93K02608DI 
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Submitted: November 30, 2004 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: January 19, 2005 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 19th day of January 2005, upon consideration of the appellant’s 
opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record below: it appears 
to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, Robert Dorn, filed this appeal from a bench 
ruling of the Superior Court, which denied Dorn’s petition for return of 
property seized during the course of a violation of probation (VOP) 
proceeding.  The State has filed a motion to affirm the Superior Court’s 
judgment on the ground that it is manifest on the face of Dorn’s opening 
brief that his appeal is without merit.  We agree and affirm. 
 
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(2) 
This Court recently held that a defendant’s petition for return of 
property must be filed within one year from the date of sentencing, in 
accordance with 10 Del. C. § 8115.* In this case, Dorn was sentenced on the 
violation of probation charge in January 2003.  He filed his petition for 
return of property in May 2004. His petition, therefore, was not filed within 
the one-year limitations period.  Accordingly, we find no error in the 
Superior Court’s denial of his petition.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
* Crawford v. State, 859 A.2d 624, 628 (Del. 2004). 
 
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Oc: 
Clerk (orig. +3) 
Xc: 
Hon. James T. Vaughn 
 
John Williams, Esq. 
 
Robert F. Dorn 
 
Justices (8) 
 
D. Collins 
 
P. Naylor 
 
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