George v. State

Full title: MONIR A. GEORGE, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

Date published: Dec 23, 2020

No. 314, 2020 (Del. Dec. 23, 2020)

Opinion

No. 314, 2020

12-23-2020

MONIR A. GEORGE, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Gary F. Traynor Justice

Court Below-Superior Court of the State of Delaware Cr. ID No. 0805035299 (N) Before VAUGHN, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices. ORDER

After careful consideration of the appellant's opening brief, the State's motion to affirm, and the Superior Court record, we conclude that the Superior Court did not abuse its discretion when it adopted a Superior Court Commissioner's report and recommendation and summarily dismissed the appellant's third motion for postconviction relief under Superior Court Rule 61. The appellant, Monir A. George, has not pleaded with particularity new evidence of actual innocence or that a new, retroactively applicable rule of constitutional law renders his conviction invalid.¹ And, contrary to George's argument on appeal, there is no longer a miscarriage of justice exception to the procedural bars of Rule 61.

1 Del. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 61(d)(2).

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the State's motion to affirm is GRANTED, and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Gary F . Traynor

Justice