Title: Comer v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 292, 2010
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 1, 2010

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILLIAM J. COMER,  
 
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No. 292, 2010 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below—Superior Court  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Cr. ID Nos. 0606016693 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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0604011378 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: September 3, 2010 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
December 1, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.  
 
O R D E R 
 
This 1st day of December 2010, upon consideration of the briefs on 
appeal and the Superior Court record, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, William J. Comer, filed this appeal from the 
Superior Court’s May 5, 2010 sentence on his fifth violation of probation 
(VOP).  We conclude that the May 5, 2010 sentence must be vacated and 
this matter remanded for resentencing. 
 
(2) 
In 2006, Comer pled guilty to Reckless Endangering in the First 
Degree (RE) and Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine (PWITD).  For 
RE, Comer was sentenced to five years at Level V incarceration suspended 
immediately for decreasing levels of supervision.  For PWITD, Comer was 
 
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sentenced to two years at Level V suspended immediately for one year of 
probation. 
 
(3) 
On May 5, 2010, Comer was adjudged guilty of his fifth VOP. 
For RE, Comer was sentenced to three years and eight months at Level V 
suspended after two years and six months for decreasing levels of 
supervision.  For PWITD, the sentence was continued as previously (and 
originally) imposed, i.e., two years at Level V suspended immediately for 
one year of probation.  This appeal followed. 
 
(4) 
In the answering brief on appeal, the State concedes, based on a 
thorough review of Comer’s history of incarceration, that a sentence of no 
more than two years and six months should have been imposed for Comer’s 
fifth VOP of his RE conviction.  In view of the State’s factual assertions as 
set forth in the answering brief filed in this appeal, the Court will remand 
this matter for resentencing. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the May 5, 2010 
sentence is VACATED, and this matter is REMANDED to the Superior 
Court for the resentencing of Comer with the assistance of counsel.  
Jurisdiction is not retained.  The mandate shall issue forthwith. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice