Supreme Court of Delaware

Jones v. State

May 7, 2020

Summary

The Court held that Jones was represented by counsel when he filed his first pro se sentence-modification motion during the post-sentencing appeal period. Because the Superior Court should not have considered that pro se filing, the later motion filed by counsel was not repetitive, and the Superior Court abused its discretion by denying it without reaching the merits. The judgment was reversed and remanded for consideration of counsel's motion on the merits.