IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RODNEY HITCHENS, §
§
Defendant Below, § No. 95, 2019
Appellant, §
§ Court Below—Superior Court
v. § of the State of Delaware
§
STATE OF DELAWARE, § Cr. ID No. 86S10105DI (S)
§
Plaintiff Below, §
Appellee. §
Submitted: April 25, 2019
Decided: May 16, 2019
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; SEITZ and TRAYNOR, Justices.
ORDER
After careful 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 order, dated February 8, 2019,
summarily dismissing the appellant’s sixth motion for postconviction relief.1 The
Superior Court did not err in determining that the motion was procedurally barred
and did not satisfy the pleading requirements of Superior Court Criminal Rule
61(d)(2).
1
State v. Hitchens, 2019 WL 494676 (Del. Super. Ct. Feb. 8, 2019).
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that motion to affirm is GRANTED
and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Gary F. Traynor
Justice
2
Hitchens v. State
Combined Opinion