Title: Williams v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DAVID M. WILLIAMS, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 504, 2010 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 9803018202B 
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Submitted: September 10, 2010 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: November 22, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 22nd day of November 2010, upon consideration of the opening 
brief and the State’s motion to affirm, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, David Williams, filed this appeal from the 
Superior Court’s denial of his motion to “compel the records department at 
[the Vaughn Correctional Facility] to release him.”  The State of Delaware 
has filed a motion to affirm the judgment below on the ground that it is 
manifest on the face of the appellant’s opening brief that the appeal is without 
merit.  We agree and affirm. 
(2) 
This Court recently issued an order in a similar appeal filed by 
Williams from the Superior Court’s denial of Williams’ motion for correction 
 
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of sentence.1  As we noted in that order, Williams was properly convicted and 
sentenced.  The Department of Correction’s recordkeeping error, which 
reflects the wrong case identification number, has no impact on the validity of 
Williams’ commitment.  Accordingly, we find no error in the Superior 
Court’s denial of his motion for release.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
1 Williams v. State, No. 470, 2010, Ridgely, J. (Del. Nov. 8, 2010).