Title: Swain v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 149, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 29, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SHAKIR SWAIN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 149, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID 1512019137B (K) 
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Submitted: May 21, 2018 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: May 29, 2018 
 
Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
This 29th day of May 2018, upon consideration of the appellant’s 
opening brief and the State’s motion to remand, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, Shakir Swain, filed this appeal from a Superior 
Court order denying his motion for correction of illegal sentence.  In his 
opening brief on appeal, Swain argues that his 25-year sentence for Possession 
of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited is illegal because the maximum sentence 
that could have been imposed under the relevant statutes, given Swain’s prior 
criminal history, was 15 years. 
(2) 
The State did not file an answering brief, but instead filed a 
motion for remand, conceding error and requesting that the matter be 
 
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remanded to the Superior Court for resentencing.  Under the circumstances, 
the Court agrees. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is VACATED, and this matter is REMANDED for 
resentencing.  Jurisdiction is not retained. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice