Title: Campbell v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
KEITH CAMPBELL, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 7, 2024 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1411008699 (N) 
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Submitted: February 27, 2024 
Decided: 
March 6, 2024 
 
 
ORDER 
 
(1) 
The appellant filed this appeal from a Superior Court order denying a 
motion for sentence correction.  The Senior Court Clerk sent the appellant a letter 
directing him to pay the filing fee or to file a motion and affidavit to proceed in 
forma pauperis by January 23, 2024.  On January 25, 2024, the Chief Deputy Clerk 
sent another letter directing the appellant to either file a motion and affidavit to 
proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee by February 8, 2024, or a notice to 
show cause would issue. 
(2) 
On February 13, 2024, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by 
certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why the Court should not 
dismiss the appeal for the appellant’s failure to diligently prosecute the appeal by 
either paying the Supreme Court filing fee or filing a motion to proceed in forma 
 
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pauperis.  The notice to show cause directed the appellant to respond within ten days 
and advised that if the appellant did not respond, dismissal of the appeal would be 
deemed to be unopposed.  On February 26, 2024, the Court received the certified-
mail receipt indicating that the notice had been delivered on February 15, 2024.   
(3) 
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) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
               Chief Justice