Evans v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware consolidated Evans's two appeals and affirmed the Superior Court's denial of permission to file another postconviction motion. It held that Evans's sixth postconviction motion was barred because he did not plead particularized grounds satisfying the exceptions for new evidence of actual innocence or a retroactive new constitutional rule. The Court also imposed a prospective filing restriction because Evans's repetitive and frivolous filings abused the judicial process.