Title: Miller v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOHN E. MILLER,  
 
 
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No. 81, 2011 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below—Superior Court   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Cr. ID No. 0607013529 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: April 7, 2011 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
June 20, 2011 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
  
 
This 20th day of June 2011, having considered the opening brief filed by the 
appellant, John E. Miller, and the motion to affirm filed by the appellee, State of 
Delaware, the Court concludes that the summary denial of Miller’s motion for 
postconviction relief should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s order 
dated January 21, 2011.*  The Superior Court did not err when ruling that Miller’s 
postconviction motion sought a sentence modification in a non-capital case and 
thus was not cognizable under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is 
GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
* State v. Miller, 2011 WL 300248 (Del. Super.) (summarily denying postconviction motion 
under Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(4), which allows for summary dismissal of a motion if it plainly 
appears that the movant is not entitled to relief).