Appiah v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Appiah’s second motion for postconviction relief. It held that the alleged failure to test a glove and call alibi witnesses constituted repackaged ineffective-assistance claims, not new evidence supporting the actual-innocence exception to the procedural bars. The Court also held that the Superior Court properly rejected Appiah’s reconsideration-based recusal claim after determining that the judge had not participated in his prosecution.