Newman v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Newman’s first motion for postconviction relief. It held that Newman did not show deficient performance or prejudice based on counsel’s investigation of his mental health, and that his claim that counsel misadvised him to plead guilty was contradicted by his written plea form and plea colloquy. Newman’s unfulfilled-plea-agreement and excessive-sentence claims were waived on appeal because he did not raise them in his opening brief.