Title: Forehand v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 147, 2022
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 22, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LUTHER FOREHAND, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 147, 2022 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 2009006411 (N)  
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Submitted:   May 18, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
June 22, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
After careful consideration of the opening brief, the motion to affirm, and the 
record on appeal, the Court concludes that the judgment of the Superior Court should 
be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s April 13, 2022, order denying the 
appellant’s motion for reduction or modification of sentence.  The Superior Court 
sentenced the appellant for possession of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited to 
fifteen years of imprisonment, suspended after ten years for the balance to be served 
at Level IV DOC Discretion, suspended after six months for eighteen months of 
Level III probation.  Under 11 Del. C. § 1448(c), possession of a deadly weapon by 
a person prohibited is a Class C felony if the defendant is eligible for sentencing 
under 11 Del. C. § 1448(e)(1)c.  The appellant concedes that he was eligible for 
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sentencing under 11 Del. C. § 1448(e)(1)c.  The defendant was therefore subject to 
a sentencing range between ten years1 and fifteen years of imprisonment.2  The 
Superior Court did not abuse its discretion by denying the appellant’s motion to 
modify his sentence to eliminate the Level IV and Level III periods.3 
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/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
1 See 11 Del. C. § 1448(e)(1)c (requiring a “minimum sentence” of “[t]en years at Level V”). 
2 See 11 Del. C. § 4205(b)(3) (providing a sentencing range for a Class C felony of “up to 15 years 
to be served at Level V”). 
3 See Gladden v. State, 2020 WL 773290 (Del. Feb. 17, 2020) (“We review the Superior Court’s 
denial of a motion for sentence modification for abuse of discretion.”).