Title: Rollins v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DUANE ROLLINS, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 662, 2013 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 1212010904 
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Submitted: March 6, 2014 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: March 19, 2014 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 19th day of March 2014, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening 
brief and the State’s motion to remand, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, Duane Rollins, filed this appeal from a Superior Court 
sentencing order dated November 15, 2013.  The Superior Court sentenced Rollins 
as a habitual offender following the entry of his guilty plea to two counts of 
Strangulation. 
 
(2) 
In his opening brief on appeal, Rollins argues that the sentencing 
judge, as well as the prosecutor and defense counsel, mistakenly believed that 
Strangulation is statutorily categorized as a violent offense under the habitual 
offender statute.  It is not.  In its motion to remand, the State laudably concedes 
 
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error and requests that the matter be remanded to the Superior Court for 
resentencing.  Under the circumstances, the Court agrees. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is VACATED, and this matter is REMANDED for resentencing.  
Jurisdiction is not retained. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice