Title: Caldwell v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
FRED T. CALDWELL, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 152, 2015 
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§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID 0207018104B 
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Submitted: June 18, 2015 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: August 19, 2015 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 19th day of August 2015, after careful consideration of the opening 
brief, motion to affirm, and record below, we find it manifest that the Superior 
Court’s order, dated March 2, 2015, should be affirmed. The Superior Court did 
not err in summarily dismissing Caldwell’s second motion for postconviction relief 
because the motion failed to plead with particularity a claim that (i) new evidence 
exists that creates a strong inference that Caldwell is actually innocent; or (ii) a 
new rule of constitutional law made retroactive to cases on collateral review 
renders his convictions invalid.1 
                                                 
1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(2) (effective June 4, 2014). 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice