Title: Fairley v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 31, 2022
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 18, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
VICTOR FAIRLEY, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 31, 2022 
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§  Court Below–Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1809000335 (N) 
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Submitted: May 2, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
July 18, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
After consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to 
affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the Superior Court’s judgment 
should be affirmed.  On October 22, 2019, the appellant, Victor Fairley, pleaded 
guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of drug dealing in a tier-four 
quantity.  On February 14, 2020, the Superior Court sentenced Fairley to an 
aggregate of eighteen years of unsuspended Level V incarceration.  Fairley did not 
appeal his convictions or sentence and, accordingly, his sentence became final thirty 
days thereafter on March 16, 2020.1  On October 15, 2021, more than one year and 
six months after his conviction became final, Fairley filed his first motion for 
 
1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(m)(1). 
2 
 
postconviction relief.  The Superior Court did not abuse its discretion by denying 
Fairley’s motion for postconviction relief: the motion was procedurally barred as 
untimely filed2 and did not satisfy the pleading requirements of Superior Court 
Criminal Rule 61(i)(5).     
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State’s motion to affirm is 
GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
2 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(i)(1) (providing in part that “[a] motion for postconviction relief may 
not be filed more than one year after the judgment of conviction is final”).