Title: Hitchens v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RODNEY HITCHENS, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 487, 2002  
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  Cr.A. No. IN86-05-0174 and  
§  -0175 
§  Cr. ID. 86S10105DI  
§   
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: October 7, 2002 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 18, 2002 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of October 2002, after careful consideration of the 
appellant’s opening brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it 
manifest that the judgment of the Superior Court should be affirmed on the 
basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned decision dated August 12, 2002.  
The Superior Court did not err in concluding that Hitchens’ motion for 
postconviction relief was procedurally barred by Superior Court Criminal 
Rules 61(i)(1), 61(i)(2), and 61(i)(4) and that Hitchens had failed to 
overcome these procedural hurdles.  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice