Opinion
No. 397, 2014.
2015-05-28
Jonathan M. WONNUM, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.
In denying Wonnum's claim for relief based on his lack of counsel when filing his first motion for postconviction relief, the Superior Court noted that this Court “has held that there is neither a federal nor a state constitutional right to counsel in a postconviction proceeding.” 10 Also, the court ruled that Wonnum had failed to “ ‘show cause for relief’ and ‘prejudice from [the] violation’ other than bald assertions that he was denied an alleged litany of state and federal constitutional rights when the court denied him counsel.” 11