Case Title: Staples v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 289, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-09-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ANTHONY STAPLES, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 289, 2023 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. I.D. No. N2206009188 
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Submitted: August 29, 2023 
Decided: 
September 8, 2023 
 
 
ORDER 
 
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.1  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. 
 
1 Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del. 1989). 
 
2 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ N. Christopher Griffiths 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice