Title: Philipot v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MATTHEW M. PHLIPOT, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 187, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  ID. No. 0903021873 (S) 
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  Submitted:  April 26, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
    Decided:  June 14, 2018 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices.  
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 14th day of June 2018, 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 
March 29, 2018 order denying the appellant’s third motion for postconviction relief.1  
The Superior Court did not err in concluding that the motion was procedurally barred 
by Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and that the appellant had failed to overcome 
the procedural hurdles.   
 
                                                 
1 State v. Phlipot, 2018 WL 1581195 (Del. Mar. 29, 2018). 
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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