Title: Smith v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DERRICK SMITH, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 84, 2022 
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§  Court Below–Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1101020846 (N) 
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Submitted: 
May 10, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
July 18, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
After 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 and for the reasons cited by the Superior Court in its February 25, 2022 order 
summarily dismissing the appellant’s fourth motion for postconviction relief.1     
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura_____________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
1 State v. Smith, 2022 WL 601865 (Del. Super. Ct. Feb. 25, 2022).