Supreme Court of Delaware

Norwood v. State

September 11, 2017

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court’s summary dismissal of Norwood’s second motion for postconviction relief, which sought to withdraw his 2005 guilty plea. The Court held that the version of Rule 61(d)(2) in effect when Norwood filed the motion governed, and that the rule required summary dismissal because the motion followed a guilty plea rather than a trial.