Title: Grayson v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 57, 2011
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: August 18, 2011

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILLIS L. GRAYSON, JR., 
 
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No. 57, 2011 
 
 
Defendant Below,  
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Appellant,  
 
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Court Below—Superior Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware, in and  
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
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Cr. ID No. 30500267DI  
 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
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Submitted: June 1, 2011 
Decided: 
August 18, 2011 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.        
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of August 2011, upon consideration of the appellant’s 
opening brief and the appellee’s motion to affirm, it appears to the Court 
that:1 
(1) 
The appellant filed this appeal from the Superior Court’s 
January 18, 2011 denial of his fourth motion for postconviction relief.  It is 
manifest on the face of the appellant’s opening brief that the Superior 
Court’s judgment should be affirmed on the basis of the court’s well-
                                          
 
1 See Del. Supr. Ct. R. 25(a) (governing motion to affirm). 
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reasoned decision dated January 18, 2011.2  The Superior Court did not err 
when determining that the appellant’s fourth motion for postconviction relief 
was procedurally barred, and that the appellant offered no reason to excuse 
the procedural defaults. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appellee’s motion to 
affirm is GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Justice 
                                          
 
2 See State v. Grayson, 2011 WL 285599 (Del. Super.) (denying fourth motion for 
postconviction relief).