Legal Opinion

State v. Sloman

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided November 4, 2005No. 511,2004PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEELE, Chief Justice:

After receiving a sentence for his 14th DUI, the defendant, Gene Sloman, working with a TASC alcohol counselor, managed to obtain a recommendation for a sentence modification from a Superior Court Commissioner. A Superior Court judge — not the original sentencing judge— entered an Order adopting the Commissioner’s recommendation. The State later learned of the modification and, before the original sentencing judge, moved to vacate the modification and to reinstate the original sentence on the grounds that there was no legal authority for the sentence modification. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  2. State v. DubishSupreme Court of Kansas · 1985
  3. United States v. Donna BeckerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. LindhCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
  5. State v. GuthmanSupreme Court of Delaware · 1993

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State of Delaware v. Remedio.Superior Court of Delaware · 2014
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  3. Moody v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2010
  4. VANDERHOEVEN v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2009
  5. Comeger v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2019

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