State v. Bryant

• Court: Superior Court of Delaware
• Decided: April 23, 2025
• Docket: 2209013029
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

STATE OF DELAWARE, ) ) v. ) ID No. 2209013029 ) JONATHAN W. BRYANT, ) ) Defendant. )

Date Submitted: April 10, 2025 Date Decided: April 23, 2025

ORDER

Upon consideration of Jonathan Bryant’s Motion for Time Previously Served,1

statutory and decisional law, and the record in this case, IT APPEARS THAT:

(1) On July 20, 2023, Bryant pled Guilty but Mentally Ill to Assault > 62

YR (IN22-10-0860).2

(2) On October 20, 2023, Bryant was sentenced as follows: 25 years Level

V, suspended after 5 years Level V, for 6 months Level IV DOC DISCRETION,

followed by 2 years at Level III.3

(3) On January 24, 2025, Bryant filed a pro se Motion for Sentence

Modification.4 On March 27, 2025, the Court denied Bryant’s Motion for Sentence

1 D.I. 43. 2 D.I. 14. 3 D.I. 18. The first two years of this sentence is a mandatory term. 4 D.I. 39. Bryant has served two and a half years of his five-year Level V sentence. Modification as untimely.5

(4) On April 10, 2025, Bryant filed a pro se Motion for Time Previously

Served (“Motion”). 6 Bryant’s Motion argues that he has served the minimum

mandatory sentence, undergone minimal disciplinary actions, and undergone a

mental-health evaluation as ordered.7 Bryant’s Motion asks the Court to grant him

time previously served.8

(5) Bryant was arrested on September 26, 2022. 9 Bryant’s Sentencing

Order states that it is effective on the same date.10 Therefore, Bryant’s sentence

includes all the time Bryant has spent incarcerated and there is no time previously

served to use to reduce his sentence.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Bryant’s Motion

for Time Previously Served is DENIED.

/s/ Calvin L. Scott Judge Calvin L. Scott, Jr.

cc: Prothonotary William H. Leonard, DAG Jonathan W. Bryant, Defendant 5 D.I. 42. 6 D.I. 43. 7 Id. 8 Id. 9 D.I. 1. 10 D.I. 18. 2