Title: Riley v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JAMES W. RILEY, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 64, 2022 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below–Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 0004014504 (K) 
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Submitted: April 27, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
June 9, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, 
Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
After consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to 
affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below should be 
affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons cited by the Superior Court in its 
February 9, 2022 order summarily dismissing the appellant’s third motion for 
postconviction relief.     
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Chief Justice