Morgan v. State

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: January 14, 2016
• Docket: 602, 2015
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

THOMAS A. MORGAN, § § No. 602, 2015 Defendant Below- § Appellant, § § Court Below—Superior Court v. § of the State of Delaware, § CA. No. SlSM-09-011 STATE OF DELAWARE, § § Plaintiff Below- § Appellee. §

Submitted: November 20, 2015 Decided: December 29, 2015 Corrected: January 14, 2016 Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices. 0 R D E R This 14'11 day of January 2016, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion to affirm, and the record on appeal, the Court finds it manifest that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court’s well-reasoned decision dated October 12, 2015. The Superior Court did not err in concluding that the appellant’s challenge to the Department of Correction’s authority to adopt regulations regarding the award of good time was

legally meritless in light of this Court’s ruling in Morgan’s appeal fiom the

Superior Court’s denial of an earlier writ.l

I Morgan v. State, 2015 WL 4066768 (Del. July 1, 2015).

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

Court is AFFIRMED.