Opinion
No. 460 2015
09-14-2015
ORDER
Randy J. Holland, Justice
This 14th day of September 2015, it appears to the Court that, on August 26, 2015, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice to show cause, by certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for this Court's lack of jurisdiction to consider an appeal directly from the Court of Common Pleas. The appellant's notice of appeal should have been filed in the Superior Court within fifteen days of his sentencing. The appellant has not responded to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day period and therefore dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed.
Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). Although the notice of appeal listed the court below as the Superior Court and the name of a Superior Court judge, the criminal case number and the date of the order on appeal corresponded with a Court of Common Pleas violation of probation order. There was a Superior Court violation of probation order with a different criminal case number and date, but that order was dated June 30, 2015 and the appellant filed his notice of appeal on August 26, 2015, more than 30 days after an appeal of the Superior Court order was due. Supr. Ct. R. 6(a)(ii).
Del. Const. art. IV, § 28; Del.Super. Ct. Crim. R. 39(a).
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED.