Title: Shah v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 154, 2019
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 12, 2019

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
KUSHAL SHAH f/k/a GERRON M. 
LINDSEY, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 154, 2019 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 0002019767 (N) 
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  Submitted:  June 10, 2019 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:     July 12, 2019 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellee’s 
motion to affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the Superior Court’s 
order,1 dated March 7, 2019, adopting the Commissioner’s report and 
recommendation,2 dated December 5, 2018, and denying Shah’s twelfth motion for 
postconviction relief should be affirmed.  Shah was not convicted after trial and did 
                                                 
1 State v. Shah, 2019 WL 1077274 (Del. Super. Ct. Mar. 7, 2019). 
2 State v. Shah, 2018 WL 6432979 (Del. Super. Ct. Dec. 5, 2018). 
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not satisfy the requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(d)(2).3  The 
Superior Court did not err in denying Shah relief. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that motion to affirm is GRANTED 
and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
                                                 
3 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(2) (providing that a second or subsequent Rule 61 motion “shall 
be summarily dismissed, unless the movant was convicted after a trial and the motion” pleads with 
particularity new evidence creating a strong inference that the movant was actually innocent or a 
new rule of constitutional law made retroactive to cases on collateral review).