Case Title: Simpkins v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 186, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
VICTOR SIMPKINS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 186, 2023 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§   Cr. ID No. 1110021147 (N) 
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Submitted: October 3, 2023 
Decided: 
October 9, 2023 
 
 
ORDER 
 
On May 30, 2023, the Court issued a briefing schedule in this appeal; the 
appellant’s opening brief was due by July 14, 2023.  The Court later granted the 
appellant’s motion for an extension of time to file his brief, ordering that the opening 
brief was due by August 31, 2023.  On September 7, 2023, the Chief Deputy Clerk 
sent a brief delinquency letter to the appellant.  On September 20, 2023, the Chief 
Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by certified mail, directing the appellant to show 
cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to file an opening brief.  
On September 25, 2023, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that 
the notice to show cause had been delivered on September 22, 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. 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice