Title: Pierce v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 350, 2016
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: November 16, 2016

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GARY PIERCE, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 350, 2016 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID 0407019516 
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Submitted: September 27, 2016 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: November 16, 2016 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 16th day of November 2016, the Court has carefully considered the 
appellant Gary Pierce’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, Pierce’s 
response to the State’s motion, and the record on appeal.  We find it apparent that 
the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-
reasoned decision dated June 10, 2016.  Pierce’s fifth postconviction motion was 
procedurally barred by Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(1), (i)(2), (i)(3), and 
(i)(4).  Pierce failed to overcome the procedural hurdles by pleading with 
particularity either that: (i) new evidence exists creating a strong inference that he 
is actually innocent; or (ii) a new, retroactively applicable rule of constitutional law 
renders his conviction invalid. 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Justice