Title: Pethel v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 736, 2009
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 29, 2010

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JAMES PETHEL, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 736, 2009 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 0605001543  
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Submitted: March 10, 2010 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
April 29, 2010 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 29th day of April 2010, after careful consideration of appellant’s 
opening brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the 
judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s 
well-reasoned 
decision 
dated 
December 
11, 
2009. 
Appellant’s 
postconviction claims are procedurally barred by Superior Court Criminal 
Rule 61(i)(4) because he raised the same issues in an earlier habeas corpus 
petition.*  He failed to overcome this procedural hurdle. 
 
 
                                                 
* His appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief remains pending before this Court.  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice