Title: Desmond v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CHRISTOPHER R. DESMOND, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 177, 2004  
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 91009844DI 
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Submitted: June 1, 2004 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: July 9, 2004 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 9th day of July 2004, 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 April 7, 2004.  The Superior 
Court did not err in concluding that the claims raised in Desmond’s fourth 
motion for postconviction relief were procedurally barred by Superior Court 
Criminal Rule 61(i)(1), (2), and (4) and that Desmond 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/ Jack B. Jacobs  
 
 
 
 
Justice