IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
FRED HUFFMAN, §
§ No. 558, 2016
Defendant Below- §
Appellant, §
§
v. § Court Below—Superior Court
§ of the State of Delaware
STATE OF DELAWARE, §
§ Cr. ID 1112004258
Plaintiff Below- §
Appellee. §
Submitted: January 18, 2017
Decided: February 27, 2017
Before HOLLAND, VALIHURA, and VAUGHN, Justices
ORDER
This 27th day of February 2017, the Court has considered carefully the
appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record on
appeal and has determined that the judgment below should be affirmed on
the basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its well-
reasoned Order dated October 20, 2016. The appellant pled guilty in 2012 to
a crime he admitted committing in 1993.1 As a matter of law, his sentence
1
See Huffman v. State, 2015 WL 4094234, *3 (Del. July 6, 2015) (“The transcript of the
guilty plea reflects that Huffman understood the relevant time period [of his sexual
offense against his minor stepdaughter] was January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1993”).
could only be entered under the Truth in Sentencing Act, which became
effective for all crimes committed after June 29, 1990.2
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the
Superior Court is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Karen L. Valihura
Justice
2
Evans v. State, 822 A.2d 539, 554 (Del. 2005).
2