Title: Cook v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 370, 2015
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: October 21, 2015

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LEROY COOK, SR., 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 370, 2015 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 0608025757 
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Submitted: August 25, 2015 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 21, 2015 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and SEITZ, Justices 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 21st day of October 2015, the Court has considered the appellant 
Leroy Cook’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record on 
appeal.  We find it manifest that the judgment below should be affirmed on 
the basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned decision dated June 16, 2015. 
The Superior Court did not err in concluding that Cook’s motion for 
correction of illegal sentence, in fact, was not challenging the legality of his 
sentence but instead was challenging the factual basis for Cook’s 2008 guilty 
plea.1 As such, Cook’s motion was properly considered as a motion for 
postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61.  Cook’s 
                                                 
1 Brittingham v. State, 705 A.2d 577, 578 (Del. 1998). 
 
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attempt to avoid Rule 61’s procedural bars was unavailing.  Cook’s motion 
was both untimely and repetitive, and Cook failed to overcome the 
procedural hurdles. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice