Title: Wilmer v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GERALD A. WILMER, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 411, 2006 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID. 9603002509 
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Submitted: September 18, 2006 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: September 26, 2006 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 26th day of September 2006, after careful consideration of appellant’s 
opening brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the 
judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-
reasoned decision dated July 11, 2006. It is clear that appellant’s claims were 
previously litigated and thus barred by Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(4).  The 
Superior Court did not err in concluding that appellant had failed to overcome this 
procedural hurdle.  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice