Title: Croll v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PATRICK F. CROLL, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 669, 2015 
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§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID Nos. 0801001836 and 
§  0803007023 
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Submitted: December 28, 2015 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
March 2, 2016 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
This 2nd day of March 2016, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening 
brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record, the Court concludes that the 
judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-
reasoned decision dated November 20, 2015.  The Superior Court did not err in 
concluding that the appellant’s second motion for postconviction relief was 
procedurally barred and that the motion failed to satisfy the pleading requirements 
of Rule 61(d)(2) in order to overcome the procedural hurdles.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice