State of Delaware v. Alvin Williams

Wilmington, Delaware





On November 12, 2022, New Castle County Police responded to a report of a person with a gun outside 2 Hawksbury Court in Newark, Delaware. The person was reported to be near a Toyota Prius and pointing the gun at another car. Police

arrived to find Alvin Williams ("Defendant") exiting the Toyota Prius with his hands in the air-and begging officers not to shoot. Officers then observed Defendant throw an item directly in front of him, later identified as a silver Kimber handgun in a brown holster. Defendant advised the officers the firearm was registered to his girlfriend, with whom he had been involved in a domestic incident. At the time, Defendant was prohibited from having contact with the girlfriend by a Family Court No Contact Order. Defendant told the officers he had been drinking. Witnesses at the scene stated Defendant had been aiming the gun at another vehicle and its driver.



The State indicted Defendant on two counts of Aggravated Menacing, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony ("PFDCF"), Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited ("PFBPP"), Possession of a Firearm While Under the Influence, and Noncompliance with the Conditions of Bond.[3]



At Final Case Review, held May 30, 2023, Defendant entered a guilty plea to a single charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. In exchange for the guilty plea, the State dismissed the remaining charges.



Defendant was immediately sentenced to 15 years at Level V, suspended after a 3-year minimum mandatory sentence, for 12 months at Level III probation, with conditions, including that he forfeit the firearm and ammunition seized.[6] Defendant did not take a direct appeal.



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State v. Williams, 2207003702, ID 2211005272 (Del. Super. Oct 10, 2024)