Charles v. State

Summary

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s denial of Harry Charles’s motion for postconviction relief. The court held that the motion was procedurally barred as untimely under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and failed to satisfy the rule’s pleading requirements.

Holdings

1. The motion was procedurally barred as untimely because it was filed more than one year after the judgment of conviction became final.
2. The motion did not satisfy the pleading requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(5).

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Superior Court abused its discretion by denying Charles's motion for postconviction relief as untimely under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(1).
2. Whether the motion satisfied the pleading requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i)(5).

Disposition

affirmed