Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-12 16:05:00.578308+00
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

    JAMES HARDWICK,                             §
                                                § No. 46, 2023
          Defendant Below,                      §
          Appellant,                            § Court Below—Superior Court
                                                § of the State of Delaware
          v.                                    §
                                                § Cr. ID No. 0709006233 (N)
    STATE OF DELAWARE,                          § C.A. No. N22M-10-098
                                                §
          Appellee.                             §

                                Submitted: May 30, 2023
                                 Decided: July 11, 2023

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices.

                                            ORDER

         After consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellee’s motion to

affirm, and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below should be

affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s order, dated January 25, 2023, denying

the appellant’s untimely petition for return of property.1 Absent plain error, which

we do not find here, we decline to consider the constitutional arguments the appellant

makes for the first time on appeal.2

1
    State v. Hardwick, 2023 WL 525063 (Del. Super. Ct. Jan. 25, 2023).
2
    Supr. Ct. R. 8.
     NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is

GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.

                                 BY THE COURT:

                                 /s/ Karen L. Valihura
                                 Justice

                                   2