Title: Washington v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
KEVIN WASHINGTON, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 242, 2005 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 9603000529 
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Submitted: July 27, 2005 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
September 13, 2005 
 
Before HOLLAND, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 13th day of September 2005, after careful consideration of the 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm and the record below, 
we find it manifest that the judgment of the Superior Court should be 
affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned decision dated 
May 17, 2005.  The Superior Court did not err in concluding that 
Washington’s claims for postconviction relief were both time-barred and 
previously adjudicated under Superior Court Criminal Rules 61(i)(1) and 
61(i)(4) and that Washington had failed to overcome these procedural 
hurdles.  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice