Woods v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed Woods's convictions after independently reviewing the record under the Rule 26(c) framework and finding no arguably appealable issue. The court held that Woods's unpreserved claims did not establish plain error, that the evidence supported the concealed-weapon and felony-theft convictions, and that the Superior Court properly declined to entertain his oral post-verdict acquittal motion before conducting a waiver-of-counsel hearing. His ineffective-assistance claim was not considered on direct appeal because it had not first been presented to the Superior Court.