Title: Marshall v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
WILLIAM V. MARSHALL,  
           
Defendant Below- 
Appellant,   
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
     
 
 
     
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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   No. 533, 2003 
 
   Court Below---Superior Court 
   of the State of Delaware, 
   in and for Sussex County  
   Cr. ID No. 9804017918 
                      
 
 
     O R D E R 
 
This 8th day of March 2004, it appears to the Court that:  
 
(1) 
On December 30, 2003, the Clerk issued a notice pursuant to Supreme 
Court Rule 29(b) directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not 
be dismissed for the appellant’s failure to diligently prosecute the appeal by not 
filing his opening brief and appendix.1  On January 5, 2004, the notice to show 
cause was returned to the Court by the post office marked “attempted not known.”   
 
(2) 
After confirming with the Department of Correction that the appellant 
was incarcerated at the Sussex Correctional Institution (“SCI”), the Clerk again 
mailed the notice to show cause to the appellant at SCI via first class mail.   
                                                 
1 A brief delinquency notice previously was sent to the appellant on December 16, 2003. 
 
 
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(3) 
The appellant has failed to respond to the notice to show cause within 
the required 10-day period.2  Therefore, dismissal of this action is deemed to be 
unopposed.3 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court Rules 
3(b) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
2 Supr. Ct. R. 29(b). 
3 Supr. Ct. R. 3(b).