Clay v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Clay's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. It held that Clay failed to establish a procedural defect, involuntariness, a basis for legal innocence, ineffective assistance of trial counsel, or other fair and just reason for withdrawal, and that withdrawal would prejudice the State. The Court also declined to consider an ineffective-assistance claim concerning plea-withdrawal counsel because it was not raised below.