Title: Drake v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DANIEL DRAKE,1 
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Respondent Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 352, 2015 
§ 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  File No. 0605019417 
§  Pet. No. 15-08153 
§ 
 
Submitted: December 18, 2015 
Decided: 
December 21, 2015 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 21st day of December 2015, it appears to the Court that the State 
has filed a motion to remand this matter to the Family Court to allow the 
Family Court to reconsider the appellant’s motion for expungement of a 
2006 criminal charge, which was later dismissed.  The State asserts that the 
Family Court should be permitted to reconsider the appellant’s petition in 
light of the Superior Court’s subsequent decision granting expungement of 
other criminal offenses from the appellant’s record.  The appellant consents 
to the remand.  Under the circumstances, the Court finds that the matter 
should be remanded to the Family Court, in the interests of justice. 
                                                 
1 The Court previously assigned a pseudonym to the appellant under Supreme Court Rule 
7(d). 
 
2 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the unopposed motion to 
remand is GRANTED.  This matter is hereby REMANDED to the Family 
Court for further proceedings consistent with this Order.  Jurisdiction is not 
retained.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice