Huffman v. State

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: February 27, 2017
• Docket: 558, 2016
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

FRED HUFFMAN, § § No. 558, 2016 Defendant Below- § Appellant, § § v. § Court Below—Superior Court § of the State of Delaware STATE OF DELAWARE, § § Cr. ID 1112004258 Plaintiff Below- § Appellee. §

Submitted: January 18, 2017 Decided: February 27, 2017

Before HOLLAND, VALIHURA, and VAUGHN, Justices

ORDER

This 27th day of February 2017, the Court has considered carefully the

appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record on

appeal and has determined that the judgment below should be affirmed on

the basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its well-

reasoned Order dated October 20, 2016. The appellant pled guilty in 2012 to

a crime he admitted committing in 1993.1 As a matter of law, his sentence

1 See Huffman v. State, 2015 WL 4094234, *3 (Del. July 6, 2015) (“The transcript of the guilty plea reflects that Huffman understood the relevant time period [of his sexual offense against his minor stepdaughter] was January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1993”). could only be entered under the Truth in Sentencing Act, which became

effective for all crimes committed after June 29, 1990.2

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the

Superior Court is AFFIRMED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen L. Valihura Justice

2 Evans v. State, 822 A.2d 539, 554 (Del. 2005).