Title: Dahl v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILLIAM SEAN DAHL,  
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 508, 2007 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID Nos. 9909017710  
§                      9905002754 
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: October 5, 2007 
 
 
 
 
Decided:    November 6, 2007 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 6th day of November 2007, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On September 24, 2007, the appellant filed an appeal from a 
modified VOP sentencing order with a purported date of August 13, 2007.  
Because there was no order with that date on the Superior Court docket, the 
Clerk issued a notice to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed 
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(b) due to this Court’s lack of 
jurisdiction.  
 
(2) 
The appellant responded to the notice to show cause and 
attached the Superior Court’s June 19, 2007 modified VOP sentencing order, 
 
2
which was docketed on that same date.1  Even if the sentencing order had 
been docketed on August 13, 2007, Dahl’s appeal would be untimely.2  
Because this Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain this appeal, it must 
be dismissed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs  
 
 
 
 
 
                                      Justice 
 
 
                                                 
1 There is an August 13, 2007 date on the sentencing order, but that is not the date on 
which the order was issued and docketed. 
2 Under Supreme Court Rule 6(a) (iii), a notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days 
after entry upon the docket of the order or judgment being appealed.