Title: Harris v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 171, 2014
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: October 9, 2014

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SAMUEL L. HARRIS, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 171, 2014 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID 9801013999 
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Submitted: October 2, 20141 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 9, 2014 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and VALIHURA, Justices 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 9th day of October 2014, the Court has carefully considered the 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, the appellant’s reply, 
and the record on appeal. We find it manifest that the Superior Court’s order 
dated March 20, 2014, which denied the appellant’s third motion for 
postconviction relief under Rule 61, should be affirmed.  The motion was 
untimely and repetitive, and the appellant failed to assert a colorable claim 
of a miscarriage of justice under Rule 61(i)(5) sufficient to overcome these 
procedural bars. 
                                                 
1 On October 2, 2014, the appellant filed a motion requesting to file a response to the State’s motion to 
affirm and attaching his proposed response.  We have considered the reply to the State’s motion and have 
determined that it does not alter the outcome of this appeal. 
 
2
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice