Title: Whiteman v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
BENJAMIN F. WHITEMAN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 353, 2005 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 30901716DI 
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Submitted: September 1, 2005 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 18, 2005 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
This 18th day of October 2005, 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 July 25, 2005.  The Superior Court did not err 
in concluding that Whiteman’s motion challenging the legality of his life sentence 
as an habitual offender was both repetitive and substantively without merit.  
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice