Title: Smith v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
FREDERICK W. SMITH, JR., 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 35, 2005 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID. 93007368DI 
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Submitted: February 9, 2005 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: March 14, 2005 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 14th day of March 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 January 14, 2005.  
The Superior Court did not err in concluding that the claim raised in Smith’s 
fifth motion for postconviction relief was both time-barred and previously 
adjudicated and that Smith had failed to overcome these procedural hurdles.  
See Del. Super. Ct. R. 61(i)(1), (i)(4). 
 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice