Supreme Court of Delaware

Campbell v. State

April 28, 2022

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Campbell’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. It held that Campbell’s challenge was actually an attempt to invalidate his conviction and withdraw his guilty plea, which had to be pursued through the exclusive postconviction-relief procedure rather than a motion to correct an illegal sentence. The Court concluded that Campbell could not evade the procedural bars governing postconviction claims by recasting them as a sentencing challenge.