Court Opinion

ID: 9948179
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-03-06 17:05:06.679671+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:29:19.661008
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

STATE OF DELAWARE                                          : ID #2108013977, 2105005834,
                                                           :     2011000526, 2103010029
          vs.                                              :
                                                           :
IAN ALBURY                                                 :
                                                           :

                                               ORDER
                                       Submitted: March 4, 2024
                                        Decided: March 5, 2024

          Now this 5th day of March, 2024, upon consideration of Mr. Albury’s Motion for

Postconviction Relief it appears to the Court:

          1)       The Defendant filed the instant motion stemming from a violation of

                   probation (VOP) hearing on April 21, 2023, at which time he was

                   represented by the Office of the Public Defender.

          2)       The Delaware Supreme Court has explained that “[b]ecause there is no

                   constitutional right to counsel at a VOP hearing… [a defendant’s]

                   purported ineffective assistance of counsel claim… must fail.”1

          3)       Therefore, the Court must summarily DISMISS the Motion for

                   Postconviction Relief.

          IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                      /s/ Mark H. Conner
                                                     Judge Mark H. Conner

oc:       Prothonotary
cc:       Stephen Smith, Esquire
1
    Schoolfield v. State, 73 A.3d 502 (Del. 2013).