Title: Lewis v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JIMMIE LEWIS, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 536, 2006 
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§ 
§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID No. 0305016966 
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Submitted: November 1, 2006 
 
 
 
 
Decided:    December 12, 2006 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 12th day of December 2006, upon consideration of the appellant’s 
untimely notice of appeal,1 the notice to show cause issued by the Clerk, the 
appellant’s response thereto, and the appellee’s reply, it appears that the 
appellant’s failure to timely file his notice of appeal is not attributable to 
court-related personnel.2  Accordingly, this Court does not have jurisdiction 
to hear this untimely appeal. 
                                                 
1 The appellant filed his appeal from the Superior Court’s August 29, 2006 order on 
October 2, 2006, 4 days late.  Supr. Ct. R. 6. 
2 Bey v. State, 402 A.2d 362, 363 (Del. 1979).  The appellant’s October 10, 2006 and 
October 18, 2006 responses to the notice to show cause appear to attribute his late filing 
to the actions of prison administrators rather than court-related personnel. 
 
2
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Supreme 
Court Rules 6 and 29(b), the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         Justice