Title: Balko v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RUSSELL D. BALKO, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 346, 2016 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID 1405012254 
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Submitted: August 15, 2016 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: September 8, 2016 
 
Before HOLLAND, VALIHURA, and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 8th day of September 2016, upon consideration of the opening 
brief and the State’s motion to remand, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, Russell Balko, filed this appeal from the 
Superior Court’s order, dated June 16, 2016, denying his motion for 
correction of an illegal violation of probation (“VOP”) sentence.  Balko 
argues in his opening brief that the probationary period imposed by the 
Superior Court exceeded the maximum period of probation allowed under 
Delaware law. 
 
(2) 
The State filed a motion to remand this appeal, conceding that 
the Superior Court’s VOP sentence is improper.  The State requests that this 
 
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matter be remanded to the Superior Court to resentence Balko for the VOP 
associated with his Receiving Stolen Property conviction.  Balko did not file 
a response to the State’s motion.  The Court agrees that Balko’s VOP 
sentence is improper and that this matter should be remanded for 
resentencing. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the unopposed motion to 
remand is GRANTED.  The matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court 
for further proceedings consistent with this Order.  Jurisdiction is not 
retained.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice