Title: Hitchens v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RODNEY HITCHENS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 95, 2019 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 86S10105DI (S) 
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  Submitted:  April 25, 2019 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:     May 16, 2019 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; SEITZ and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellee’s 
motion to affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below 
should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court order, dated February 8, 2019, 
summarily dismissing the appellant’s sixth motion for postconviction relief.1  The 
Superior Court did not err in determining that the motion was procedurally barred 
and did not satisfy the pleading requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule 
61(d)(2).   
                                                 
1 State v. Hitchens, 2019 WL 494676 (Del. Super. Ct. Feb. 8, 2019). 
2 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that motion to affirm is GRANTED 
and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice