Title: Foster v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 130, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 29, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SCOTT D. FOSTER, 
 
 
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No. 130, 2018 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below:  Superior Court of the  
 
 
 
 
 
  
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State of Delaware 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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Cr. ID No. 0808005422 (K) 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: March 28, 2018 
Decided: 
May 29, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
(1) 
Scott D. Foster filed this appeal from the Superior Court’s order of 
February 28, 2018 denying his motion for correction of a clerical mistake in his 
sentence.  The State of Delaware has filed a motion to affirm the Superior Court’s 
judgment on the ground that it is manifest on the face of Foster’s opening brief that 
the appeal is without merit.  We agree and affirm. 
 
(2) 
In 2009, Foster was sentenced, in relevant part, to a ten-year minimum-
mandatory term of incarceration for rape in the second degree.  On appeal, Foster 
contends that the minimum-mandatory incarcerative term for rape second degree is 
two years, not ten years.  He is mistaken.  Under 11 Del. C. § 772(c), “the minimum 
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sentence for a person convicted of rape in the second degree in violation of this 
section shall be 10 years at Level V.” 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to affirm is 
GRANTED.  The judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice