Cook v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Cook's untimely motion to reduce his sentence. The court held that Cook did not demonstrate extraordinary circumstances sufficient to overcome Rule 35(b)'s ninety-day limitation, and that the record did not establish inadequate medical care or grounds for relief under the alternative statutory process. The court also rejected his hearing and bad-faith arguments and declined to consider his cruel-and-unusual-punishment claim because it was not raised below and was unsupported by the record.