Title: Dillard v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DANTE DILLARD, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§    No. 92, 2022 
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§    Court Below: Superior Court 
§    of the State of Delaware 
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§    Cr. ID No. 1105015873  
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Submitted:  June 7, 2022 
Decided:  June 27, 2022 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
(1) 
The appellant filed a notice of appeal from a Superior Court order 
denying his motion for postconviction relief.  The Court issued a briefing schedule 
on March 17, 2022; the appellant’s opening brief was due May 3, 2022.  The 
appellant did not file an opening brief by the deadline, and on May 4, 2022, Court 
staff sent a brief delinquency letter to the appellant. 
(2) 
On May 24, 2022, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by 
certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed for his failure to file an opening brief.  On May 31, 2022, the Court 
received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been 
delivered; postal records confirm that the notice to show cause was delivered on May 
27, 2022.   
 
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(3) 
The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause or to 
file the opening brief, dismissal of this action is deemed 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/  James T. Vaughn, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice