Title: Winters v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PAUL WINTERS, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 239, 2022 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1810002794 (K) 
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Submitted: September 7, 2022 
Decided: 
September 26, 2022 
 
 
ORDER 
 
On July 8, 2022, the Court received a document from the appellant suggesting 
that he desired to appeal a decision of the Superior Court.  On July 11, 2022, the 
Senior Court Clerk sent the appellant letters directing him to complete and sign an 
official Form A notice of appeal by July 26, 2022, and to pay the filing fee or to file 
a motion and affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis by the same date.  The appellant 
did not respond to those letters.  On August 8, 2022, the Senior Court Clerk issued 
a notice, sent by certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why his appeal 
should not be dismissed for failure to pay the filing fee or file a motion to proceed 
in forma pauperis and for failure to file an official Form A notice of appeal.  The 
postal service returned the August 8 as undeliverable.  On August 22, 2022, the 
Senior Court Clerk obtained an updated address for the appellant and resent the 
 
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notice to show cause to the new address by certified mail.  On August 26, 2022, the 
Court received the certified-mail receipt indicating that the August 22 notice was 
delivered on August 24, 2022.  The appellant having failed to respond to the notice 
to show cause within the required ten-day period, dismissal of this action is deemed 
to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice