Title: Duhadaway v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
  
HENRY A. DUHADAWAY, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
 
§ 
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§  No. 407, 2002 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  Cr.A. Nos. S01-06-0396 
§                   S01-09-0423 
§                   
 
Submitted: July 26, 2002 
  Decided:   September 24, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and STEELE, Justices 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 24th day of September 2002, the Court has considered the appellee’s 
motion to affirm pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 25(a) and finds it manifest on 
the face of the appellant’s opening brief that the appeal is without merit for the 
reasons stated by the Superior Court in its well-reasoned decision dated June 19, 
2002.1 
                                                 
1Duhadaway’s complaint that he was not afforded an evidentiary hearing on his 
motion for postconviction relief was not presented to the Superior Court in the first instance 
and is, therefore, not properly before us in this appeal.  SUPR. CT. R. 8.  Our review of the 
record does not reflect any abuse of discretion on the part of the Superior Court in summarily 
denying Duhadaway’s motion in any case.  SUPER. CT. CRIM. R. 61(h). 
 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appellee’s motion to 
affirm is GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ E. Norman Veasey 
Chief Justice