Legal Opinion
Younger v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 27, 1990PublishedCited by 724 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:
The defendant, Thomas B. Younger, appeals pro se from the denial by the Superi- or Court of his fourth application for post-conviction relief. Because we find that Younger’s application for postconviction relief is procedurally barred pursuant to the provisions of Superior Court Criminal Rule 61(i), the Court will not address the merits of the issues contained in his motion, and we affirm the decision of the Superior Court.
In 1983, Younger was convicted after a Superior Court jury trial of two counts of rape in the first degree, one count of attempted rape in the first…
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