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State Courts - Delaware - March 15, 2005

Biggins v. State, No. 500, 2004, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 15, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Prisoner's petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his convictions were invalid because State did not follow proper procedures when he was extradited, was properly denied where there was no evidence that his commitment to corrections department was facially invalid and where his claims had been raised and decided in previous filings.

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Brown v. State, No. 423, 2004, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 15, 2005, Decided
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Overview: State's motion to affirm judgment convicting defendant of first-degree robbery and resisting arrest was granted where examination of record showed that the appeal was without merit and was devoid of any appealable issue and where defense counsel made conscientious effort to examine the record and the law and had properly found no appealable issue.

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Capital Group Cos. v. Armour, C.A. No. 422-N, COURT OF CHANCERY OF DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE, March 15, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Under Del. Code Ann. tit. 8, ? 202, restrictions on stock transfer still had to serve reasonable corporate purpose; privately held corporation met that standard in seeking to keep most stock in employees' hands and avoid filing requirements, so wife divorcing permitted shareholder could not force distribution of dividend and proceeds rights to her.

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Channels v. State, No. 225, 2004, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 15, 2005, Decided
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Overview: Trial court's judgments of conviction were properly entered and trial counsel's motion to withdraw filed pursuant to Del. Sup. Ct. R. 26(c) was thus moot, as defendant did not present arguable grounds on appeal supporting reversal of his convictions, but his case had to be remanded for possible clarification in sentencing.

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Gordon v. Gordon, No. 371, 2004, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 15, 2005, Decided
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Overview: The highest court affirmed all of the rulings of the lower court, all of which were related to a father's obligation to pay child support, and affirmed those rulings because it found the record reflected no error of law, abuse of discretion, or impropriety on the part of the judge, mediator, or commissioner in any respect.

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In re Motter, No. 515, 2004 (Board Case Nos. 47, 2003; 9, 31, 32, 33, 2004), SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 15, 2005, Decided
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