Case Title: Campbell v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 165, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-05-31T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§   
§  No. 165, 2022 
§ 
§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. I.D. No. 2102000228 (S) 
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§ 
 
Submitted: May 25, 2022 
Decided: 
May 31, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
After consideration of the notice to show cause and the appellant’s response, 
it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On May 16, 2022, the appellant, Christopher Campbell, filed this 
appeal from a Superior Court order dated and docketed on October 22, 2021, that 
sentenced him for a violation of probation.  The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice 
directing Campbell to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as 
untimely filed.  Under Supreme Court Rules 6 and 11, a timely notice of appeal 
should have been filed on or before November 22, 2021.   
(2) 
In response to the notice to show cause, Campbell challenges various 
actions by Probation and Parole and asserts that he was not in violation of his 
 
2 
probation.  He explains the delay in filing the notice of appeal by stating, “I thought 
I was guilty but [I’m] not.”   
(3) 
A notice of appeal must be timely filed to invoke the Court’s appellate 
jurisdiction.1  A notice of appeal must be received by the Court within the applicable 
time period to be effective.2  Unless an appellant can demonstrate that the failure to 
file a timely notice of appeal is attributable to court-related personnel, an untimely 
appeal cannot be considered.3  The failure to file a timely appeal in this case is not 
attributable to court-related personnel.  Therefore, the appeal must be dismissed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice  
 
 
1 Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del. 1989). 
2 DEL. SUPR. CT. R. 10(a). 
3 Bey v. State, 402 A.2d 362, 363 (Del. 1979).