Case Title: Clark v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 260, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2023-12-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ANTHONY CLARK, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 260, 2023 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1709012825 (K) 
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Submitted: December 4, 2023 
Decided: 
December 12, 2023 
 
 
ORDER 
 
(1) 
On July 24, 2023, the appellant, Anthony Clark, filed a notice of appeal 
from a Superior Court order sentencing him for a violation of probation.  The Court 
issued a briefing schedule on August 30, 2023; Clark’s opening brief was due 
September 29, 2023.  The appellant later requested a thirty-day extension, which the 
Court granted.  On November 1, 2023, Court staff sent a notice of brief delinquency 
to Clark because he had not filed his opening brief by the deadline.  The notice was 
returned to the Court because Clark had been released from prison.  Court staff 
obtained a new mailing address for Clark from the Department of Correction and 
reissued the notice of brief delinquency; the postal service returned that notice as 
undeliverable. 
 
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(2) 
On November 16, 2023, after confirming that the Department of 
Correction did not have an alternative address for Clark, Court staff issued a notice, 
sent by certified mail, directing Clark to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed for his failure to file an opening brief.  On November 21, 2023, the postal 
service returned the notice to show cause as undeliverable.  Court staff resent the 
notice by first-class mail; the notice was again returned. 
(3) 
The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause, to 
file the opening brief, or to report any address change to the Court, dismissal of this 
action is deemed unopposed.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is DISMISSED under 
Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b).  
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 /s/ Abigail M. LeGrow     
 
Justice