Title: DeJesus v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 188, 2014
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 10, 2014

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DAVID DEJESUS, SR., 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 188, 2014 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 1205000422 
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Submitted: May 20, 2014 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: June 10, 2014 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice, BERGER, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 10th day of June 2014, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening 
brief and the State’s motion to affirm, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, David DeJesus, filed this appeal from a Superior Court 
order denying his third motion for modification of sentence.  The State has filed a 
motion to affirm the judgment below on the ground that it is manifest on the face 
of DeJesus’s opening brief that his appeal is without merit.  We agree and affirm. 
(2) 
On July 2, 2013, DeJesus pled guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex 
Offender.  The State filed a motion to declare DeJesus a habitual offender.  On 
September 6, 2013, the Superior Court sentenced Dejesus as a habitual offender to 
eighteen months at Level V incarceration with credit for seventy-seven days 
 
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previously served.  DeJesus did not appeal.  On September 24, 2013, DeJesus filed 
a motion for modification of sentence, which the Superior Court denied on October 
4, 2013.  On October 7, 2013, DeJesus filed a motion for reduction of sentence, 
which the Superior Court denied.  DeJesus did not appeal.  On October 17, 2013, 
DeJesus filed a motion for correction of illegal sentence, which the Superior Court 
denied on November 14, 2013.  Again, DeJesus did not appeal.  On March 24, 
2014, DeJesus filed another motion for reduction of sentence, which the Superior 
Court denied because it was both untimely and repetitive.  This appeal followed. 
(3) 
In his one-page opening brief on appeal, DeJesus contends that he has 
filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against prison doctors.  He asks the Court to 
release him for time served before his scheduled release date of July 23, 2014 so 
that he might seek proper medical care. 
(4) 
It is conceivable that a prisoner could allege circumstances in a civil 
complaint that could lead to an injunction hearing to address a compelling need for 
immediate medical attention.  But DeJesus’s assertions, provide no basis for this 
Court to reverse the Superior Court’s denial of his motion for modification of 
sentence.  Under Superior Court Criminal 35(b), a motion for reduction of sentence 
must be filed within 90 days of sentencing unless the defendant can establish 
extraordinary circumstances.1  Rule 35(b) also provides that the Superior Court 
                                                 
1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 35(b) (2014). 
 
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will not consider repetitive requests for sentence modification.2  This was 
DeJesus’s third motion for modification of sentence, and it was filed more than 90 
days after he was originally sentenced.  We find no abuse of the Superior Court’s 
discretion in denying DeJesus’s untimely and repetitive motion for modification of 
sentence. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
2 Id.