Legal Opinion

Colon v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided May 12, 2006No. 572, 2005PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

This 12th day of May, 2006, on consideration of the briefs of the parties, it appears to the Court that:(1)Omar Colon, defendant-below, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking. A Superi- or Court judge sentenced him to ten years in prison at Level V, suspended after five years. 1 Sixteen months after the judge sentenced him, Colon filed a motion to reduce his sentence. In his motion, Colon alleged that the judge violated Blakely v. Washington 2 and United States v. Booker 3 by exceeding the SENTAC guidelines recommended sentence. Specifically, Colon contends that the judge relied on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Brittingham v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1998
  4. Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  5. Mayes v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Henry v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2009
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  3. State v. ClarkSuperior Court of Delaware · 2020
  4. State v. FerrySuperior Court of Delaware · 2019
  5. State v. GordonSuperior Court of Delaware · 2023

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