Title: Epperson v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
KEVIN S. EPPERSON, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 249, 2003  
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr.A. Nos. IN87-07-0944 and 
§  -0945 
§  Cr. ID 30704118DI 
§    
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: June 19, 2003 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: July 18, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of July 2003, after careful consideration of the 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record below, 
we find it manifest on the face of the opening brief that the judgment of the 
Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-
reasoned order dated May 6, 2003.  The Superior Court did not err in 
concluding that Epperson’s latest postconviction petition should be denied 
because Epperson previously had been discharged as unimproved from the 
probationary sentence associated with the charges for which he sought 
 
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postconviction relief.  Thus, Epperson is no longer subject to custody as a 
result of those prior charges.*  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
* See DEL. SUPER. CT. CRIM. R. 61(a)(1) (postconviction relief available to a 
person “in custody or subject to future custody under a sentence” of the Superior Court).