Title: Clayton v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 290, 2009
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 9, 2009

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DAVID CLAYTON, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 290, 2009 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 0407008182 
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Submitted: June 15, 2009 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: July 9, 2009 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 9th day of July 2009, after careful consideration of appellant’s opening 
brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the judgment below 
should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned decision 
dated May 6, 2009. The Superior Court did not err in adopting the Commissioner’s 
findings that appellant’s motion for postconviction relief was time-barred and that 
appellant had failed to overcome this procedural hurdle.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice