Supreme Court of Delaware

Superior court has authority to modify a sentence under Superior Court Criminal Rule 35(a), as long as collateral consequences attach to the sentence; modification was not an abuse of discretion based on "extraordinary circumstances", including the effect of deportation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2002
• Published 05/20/2002

Judges

• WALSH, Justice, for the Majority., Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court En Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul R. Wallace, Esquire (argued) and Kathleen V. Edwards, Esquire, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher D. Tease, Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.