Title: Clay v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 142, 2022
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: September 16, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CHRISTOPHER CLAY, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 142, 2022 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1408007714A (S)  
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Submitted: July 26, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
September 16, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VAUGHN and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
After careful 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 the Superior Court’s order, dated March 25, 2022, 
summarily dismissing the appellant’s second motion for postconviction relief.  The 
appellant has not pleaded—including in his reply brief before the Superior Court—
any circumstances under Rule 61(d)(2)(i) or (d)(2)(ii) that overcome the procedural 
bars set forth in Rule 61,1 nor does he claim that the Superior Court lacked 
jurisdiction.2  
 
1 DEL. SUPER. CT. CRIM. R. 61(i). 
2 Id. R. 61(i)(5). 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice