Title: Roten v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
BEN ROTEN, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 356, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  ID. No. 0401005180 (S) 
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  Submitted:  September 4, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
     Decided:  October 2, 2018 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellee’s 
motion to affirm, and the record below, we conclude that the judgment below should 
be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-reasoned order, dated June 26, 
2018, denying the appellant’s fourth motion for postconviction relief.  The Superior 
Court did not err in concluding that the motion was procedurally barred and did not 
satisfy the pleading requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(d)(2). 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that motion to affirm is GRANTED 
and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice