Title: Black v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 326, 2002
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: August 27, 2002

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DEAN C. BLACK, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§ 
§  No. 326, 2002  
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr.A. Nos. IN84-06-0594 and 
§  IN84-07-1944 
§  Cr. ID No.  84003873DI 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: August 9, 2002 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: August 27, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and HOLLAND, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 27th day of August 2002, after careful consideration of the 
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record, we 
find it manifest that the judgment of the Superior Court should be affirmed 
on the basis of the Superior Court=s well-reasoned decision dated June 3, 
2002.  The Superior Court did not err in concluding that Black’s claim, 
which alleged that the Superior Court had no jurisdiction over his offenses 
for attempted rape because State agencies could have sought a protection 
from abuse order against him in Family Court, lacked substantive merit.  
Moreover, Black’s motion for postconviction relief clearly was time-barred 
under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(1).  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   s/Joseph T. Walsh 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice