Title: Dawkins v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
BRYAN L. DAWKINS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 647, 2013D 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§ 
§  Cr. ID 0210013335A 
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§ 
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Submitted: April 18, 2014 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: May 30, 2014 
 
Before HOLLAND, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 30th day of May 2014, after careful consideration of the parties’ 
briefs and the record on appeal, we find it manifest that the judgment below 
should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned 
decision docketed November 6, 2013. The Superior Court did not err by 
concluding that appellant’s fourth motion for postconviction relief was 
procedurally barred and that appellant had failed to overcome the procedural 
hurdles.  Moreover, we find no abuse of the Superior Court’s discretion in 
denying appellant’s motions for appointment of counsel and for transcript at 
State expense. 
 
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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