Title: Machette v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RICHARD D. MACHETTE, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 268, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 0608007451 (K) 
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  Submitted:  June 28, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:     July 23, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; SEITZ and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 23rd day of July 2018, after careful consideration of the appellant’s 
opening brief, the appellee’s motion to affirm, and the record below, we conclude 
that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s 
April 26, 2018 order.  The Superior Court did not err in summarily dismissing the 
appellant’s fourth motion for postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal 
Rule 61.  The motion was procedurally barred and did not satisfy the pleading 
requirements of Rule 61(d)(2).   
 
 
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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