Title: Vinson v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LEE T. VINSON, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE,  
 
Plaintiff Below- 
         Appellee. 
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§  No. 602, 2010 
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§ 
§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID No. 0810016626 
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§ 
 
                                      Submitted: November 5, 2010 
 
 
 
 
Decided: November 15, 2010 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and JACOBS, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 15th day of November 2010, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The defendant-appellant, Lee T. Vinson, filed an appeal from 
the Superior Court’s August 31, 2010 order denying his motion for credit for 
Level V time served.  The plaintiff-appellee, the State of Delaware, has filed 
a motion to remand this matter to the Superior Court.  For the reasons that 
follow, we conclude that the motion to remand should be granted.   
 
(2) 
On February 25, 2009, with the assistance of counsel, Vinson 
pleaded guilty to two counts of Robbery in the First Degree, two counts of 
Robbery in the Second Degree and one count of Attempted Possession With 
Intent to Deliver.  Vinson was sentenced on February 26, 2009, in 
 
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accordance with his plea agreement with the State.  Since then, Vinson’s 
sentencing order has been modified three times.  His latest sentencing order, 
dated October 14, 2009, reflects a total of fifty-five years of Level V 
incarceration, to be suspended after six years for decreasing levels of 
supervision.    
 
(3) 
In his opening brief, Vinson claims that the Superior Court has 
not given him credit for all the Level V time to which he is entitled.  The 
State agrees and requests that this matter be remanded to the Superior Court 
so that the plea agreement between Vinson and the State may be reformed to 
the extent required to permit Vinson to receive credit for all Level V time he 
has already served in connection with his October 14, 2009 sentences and so 
that the Superior Court may re-sentence him.1  
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
1 Gamble v. State, 728 A.2d 1171, 1172 (Del. 1999) (a defendant must be given credit for 
all Level V time served when calculating the amount of Level V time remaining on the 
defendant’s sentence). 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that this matter is hereby 
REMANDED to the Superior Court for reformation of Vinson’s plea 
agreement to the extent required to permit him to receive credit for all Level 
V time he has already served in connection with his October 14, 2010 
sentences and for any necessary re-sentencing in accordance therewith.  
Jurisdiction is not retained. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice