Title: Roth v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 502, 2017
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 26, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RICHARD ROTH, JR., 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 502, 2017 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID 9901000330 (N) 
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Submitted: March 1, 2018 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: April 26, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion 
to affirm, and the record on appeal, the Court concludes that the judgment below 
should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned decision dated 
October 27, 2017.  The Superior Court did not err in concluding that Roth’s third 
motion for postconviction relief was procedurally barred and that Roth had failed to 
overcome the procedural hurdles by pleading with particularity either that: (i) new 
evidence exists creating a strong inference that he is actually innocent; or (ii) a new, 
retroactively applicable rule of constitutional law renders his conviction invalid. 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice