Title: Epperson v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
KEVIN S. EPPERSON, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 251, 2003  
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr.A. Nos. IN94-08-1484 and 
§  -1485 
§  Cr. ID. 9408009291  
§   
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: June 10, 2003 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: June 18, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of June 2003, after careful consideration of the 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record below, 
we find it manifest on the face of the opening brief that the judgment of the 
Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-
reasoned order dated May 7, 2003.  Epperson’s latest postconviction 
petition, his fourth since he was convicted in 1996, was clearly barred by the 
procedural requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(1) and Rule 
61(i)(4).  The claim raised in the petition was both untimely and previously 
adjudicated, and Epperson failed to establish that reconsideration of the 
claim was warranted in the interest of justice.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
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