Title: Majette v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
TYRONE MAJETTE, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§   
§  No. 381, 2018 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1301018022,   
§                    1304020306  
§ 
§ 
 
Submitted: November 26, 2018 
Decided: 
November 30 2018 
 
Before VALIHURA, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
After consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to 
affirm, the appellant’s motion for leave to amend, and the record on appeal, it 
appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The judgment of the Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of 
its October 17, 2017 decision. The Superior Court did not err in dismissing the 
appellant’s first motion for post-conviction relief under Superior Court Criminal 
Rule 61. The motion was procedurally barred under Rule 61(i)(1) and failed to allege 
any exception to the application of the procedural bars under Rule 61(i)(5). 
(2) 
The appellant’s motion for leave to amend was received by this Court 
on the same day as the State’s motion to affirm and therefore does not appear to be 
 
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an impermissible response to the State’s motion to affirm. The motion to amend does 
not present any new issues, however, and therefore is denied as futile. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion for leave to amend 
is DENIED, the motion to affirm is GRANTED, and the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED.   
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice