Title: Johnson v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROBERT W. JOHNSON, JR., 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 275, 2002  
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  Cr.A. Nos. S90-11-0329, -0331 
§  and -0332 
§  Cr. ID No.  90S04507DI 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: July 8, 2002 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: September 20, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 20th day of September 2002, the Court has considered the appellant’s 
opening brief and the State’s motion to affirm. We find it manifest that the 
judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-
reasoned decision dated May 2, 2002. The Superior Court did not err in concluding 
Johnson’s motion was time-barred under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(1), 
and Johnson had failed to establish this procedural bar was inapplicable.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ E. Norman Veasey 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice