Ryan v. State

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: June 9, 2025
• Docket: 1, 2025
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

JARED RYAN, § § No. 1, 2025 Defendant Below, § Appellant, § Court Below—Superior Court § of the State of Delaware v. § § Cr. ID No. 2106009228, STATE OF DELAWARE, § 2106009261(N) § Appellee. § §

Submitted: April 16, 2025 Decided: June 9, 2025

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; LEGROW and GRIFFITHS, Justices.

ORDER

After careful consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the State’s motion

to affirm, and the record on appeal, we affirm on the basis of the Superior Court’s

December 9, 2024 order denying the appellant’s motion for postconviction relief.

The appellant did not file objections to the commissioner’s report as required by

Superior Court Rule of Criminal Procedure 62, and we agree with the

commissioner’s determination that the appellant has not demonstrated prejudice

under Strickland. 1

1 See Green v. State, 238 A.3d 160, 174 (Del. 2020) (explaining that, under the two-part test established by Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), to prevail on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, a defendant must show both “that his counsel’s representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness” and “that the deficiencies in counsel’s representation caused him substantial prejudice”); id. at 174-75 (“We may dispose of an NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to affirm is

GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ N. Christopher Griffiths Justice

ineffective-assistance claim based on the absence of sufficient prejudice without addressing the performance prong if, in fact prejudice is lacking.”). 2