Title: Culp v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CATHERINE W. CULP,  
 
) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  No. 478, 2009 
 
 
Defendant Below,  
) 
 
 
Appellant,  
 
)  Court Below:  Superior Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  of the State of Delaware in 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
)  and for Kent County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
)  Cr. ID No. 9807019438 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
 
) 
 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
) 
 
Submitted:  November 4, 2009 
Decided:  December 8, 2009 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 8th day of December 2009, after careful consideration of appellant’s 
opening brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the 
judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-
reasoned decision dated July 13, 2009.  The Superior Court did not err in 
concluding that appellant’s motion for postconviction relief was time-barred and 
that appellant had failed to overcome this procedural hurdle. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice