Title: Williams v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 567, 2017
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 14, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CHARLESTON S. WILLIAMS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 567, 2017 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  ID. No. N0908020419  
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Submitted:  April 27, 2018 
 
 
 
 
Decided:     June 14, 2018 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices.  
 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 14th day of June 2018, after careful consideration of the parties’ briefs 
and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below should be affirmed 
on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-reasoned order dated December 4, 2017.  
The Superior Court did not err in summarily dismissing the appellant’s first motion 
for postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61.  The motion was 
procedurally barred and did not satisfy the pleading requirements of Rule 61(i)(5) 
and 61(d)(2).   
 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/   James T. Vaughn, Jr.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice