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, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 369, 2022 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 93007368DI (N) 
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Submitted:   October 31, 2022 
Decided:  December 6, 2022 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’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’s order, dated September 26, 2022, 
denying the appellant’s motion purporting to seek correction of a clerical mistake 
under Superior Court Criminal Rule 36.  As the Superior Court determined, the 
appellant received credit for the time that he served before his adjudications because 
the court made the sentences effective as of the date that the appellant was taken into 
custody.  Moreover, it is unlikely that the Superior Court did not consider the results 
of the psychiatric evaluation that it ordered before the August 31, 2021 sentencing; 
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in any event, the appellant’s contention that it did not does not establish a basis for 
relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 36.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice