Opinion
ID No. 30807429DI
05-17-2021
RE: State v. Larry Ward
Jan R. Jurden President Judge Larry Ward
SBI# 00162442
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
1181 Paddock Road
Smyrna, DE 19977 Dear Mr. Ward:
The Court is in receipt of your March 1, 2021 letter asking the Court to vacate your sentence, ("March Letter") and your April 27, 2021 letter requesting a hearing on your March Letter, ("April Letter"). Specifically, you argue that you were convicted of Attempted First Degree Murder under 11 Del. C. § 636(a)(1), but that you were improperly sentenced on a different offense, "Attempted Intentional Murder in the First Degree."
D.I. 159.
D.I. 160.
D.I. 159 at 2. --------
You were convicted of Attempted First Degree Murder pursuant to 11 Del. C. §§ 531 and 636(a)(1). There is no separate offense titled "Attempted Intentional Murder in the First Degree" in the Delaware Criminal Code. You were properly sentenced on the offense for which you were convicted.
Your sentence is appropriate for all the reasons stated at the time of sentencing. Over the years, you have filed many letters and motions with the Court. Your continued and often repetitive filings are wasting the Court's resources. Your conviction and sentence are lawful. You are not entitled to a hearing on your March Letter because it is meritless. Therefore, your March Letter and April Letter are
DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jan R. Jurden
Jan R. Jurden, President Judge JRJ:mls
cc: Prothonotary
Karen M. Volker, Esq., DAG
Larry Ward (SBI# 00162442)