Title: Jones v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PHILLIP JONES, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 233, 2006 
§ 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID Nos. 9512014404 and 
§  9705011087 
§ 
 
Submitted:  August 18, 2006 
Decided:  October 17, 2006 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 17th day of October 2006, upon consideration of the parties’ 
briefs and the record below, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Phillip Jones, filed this appeal from an order of 
the Superior Court denying his motion for modification of sentence as 
untimely and repetitive. Jones argues that the Superior Court erred in 
refusing to consider the merits of his motion because the original sentencing 
order filed under Criminal ID No. 9705011087 expressly anticipated that 
Jones’ period of incarceration would be suspended upon his successful 
completion of the Key Program.  Jones contends that he successfully 
completed the Key Program on October 26, 2005.  
 
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(2) 
The State concedes that the Superior Court’s original 
sentencing order anticipated suspension of Jones’ period of incarceration 
upon his successful completion of the Key Program.  The State also 
concedes that Jones successfully completed the Key Program on October 26, 
2005.  Accordingly, the State requests that this matter be remanded to the 
Superior Court with instructions to consider the merits of Jones’ sentence 
modification motion.  We agree.  Given Jones’ successful completion of the 
Key Program, which was a condition precedent to the suspension of Jones’ 
incarceration, the Superior Court should consider the merit of Jones’ 
sentence modification request.   
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Superior Court’s 
order, dated April 18, 2006, is hereby VACATED.  This matter is 
REMANDED to the Superior Court for further consideration of Jones’ 
motion for sentence modification consistent with this order.  Jurisdiction is 
not retained. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s./ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice