Title: Smith v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SHIRLEY SMITH, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 395, 2023 
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§  Court Below–Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1404012579 (K) 
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Submitted: December 11, 2023 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
February 20, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Before TRAYNOR, LEGROW, and GRIFFITHS, 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 Superior Court’s October 5, 
2023 order summarily dismissing the appellant’s fourth motion for postconviction 
relief should be affirmed.1   
 
 
 
1 See Del. Super. Crim. R. 61(d)(2) (providing that a second or subsequent motion for 
postconviction relief must be summarily dismissed unless the movant was convicted after a trial 
and pleads with particularity (i) new evidence of actual innocence or (ii) that a new rule of 
constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review, applies to the movant’s case and 
renders the conviction invalid). 
 
2 
 
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/ Abigail M. LeGrow 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice