Case Title: Fields v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 486, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2024-03-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ZYKEEM FIELDS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 486, 2023 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court  
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 2210000693 (N) 
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Submitted: March 12, 2024 
Decided: 
March 26, 2024 
 
 
ORDER 
 
On December 27, 2023, the appellant, Zykeem Fields, filed a notice of appeal 
from a Superior Court order denying his second motion for sentence modification.  
After Fields submitted an incomplete motion to proceed in forma pauperis, the 
Clerk’s Office advised Fields to file a completed motion by February 20, 2024.  
Fields did not file a completed motion or pay the filing fee.  He also failed to file an 
opening brief.  On February 23, 2024, the Clerk’s Office issued a notice, by certified 
mail, directing Fields to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for his 
failure to filed a completed motion to proceed in forma pauperis or to pay the filing 
fee.  Postal records show that the notice to show cause was delivered by February 
29, 2024.  A timely response to the notice to show cause was due by March 11, 2024.  
To date, Fields has not responded to the notice to show cause, submitted a complete 
 
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motion to proceed in forma pauperis, or paid the filing fee.  Dismissal of this appeal 
is therefore deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice