Woods v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Woods's first motion for postconviction relief. It held that his prosecutorial-misconduct claims were barred because they had previously been adjudicated, and that his ineffective-assistance claim failed because counsel had filed the suppression motion, Woods knowingly chose the plea over litigating it, and his sworn plea statements contradicted coercion and prejudice. The Court also treated unbriefed additional claims as waived.