Title: Godwin v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SEANNE GODWIN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 341, 2015 
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§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID 1008014466 
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Submitted: August 25, 2015 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 19, 2015 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, and SEITZ, Justices 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 19th day of October 2015, the Court has carefully considered 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record on appeal.  
We find it manifest that the Superior Court’s summary dismissal of the appellant’s 
motion for postconviction under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 should be 
affirmed. The appellant was discharged from probation on both of his convictions 
in this case in 2011 and thus had no standing to seek relief under Rule 61.1 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice 
                                                 
1 See Baltazar v. State, 2015 WL 257334, *3 (Del. Jan. 20, 2015).