Opinion
289 2023
09-08-2023
ANTHONY STAPLES, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Appellee.
Submitted: August 29, 2023.
Court Below: Superior Court of the State of Delaware Cr. I.D. No. N2206009188.
ORDER
N. Christopher Griffiths, Justice.
On August 16, 2023, the appellant filed this appeal from a Superior Court sentence imposed on July 7, 2023, following the appellant's guilty plea on May 8, 2023. A notice of appeal must be timely filed to invoke the Court's appellate jurisdiction. Under Supreme Court Rules 6 and 11, a timely notice of appeal should have been filed on or before August 7, 2023. The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely filed. On August 21, 2023, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been delivered on August 18, 2023. The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day period, dismissal of this action is deemed to be unopposed.
Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del. 1989).
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.