Title: Rose v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 147, 2016
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 20, 2016

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
ONEIL A. ROSE, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 147, 2016 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID 1206001558 
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Submitted: July 11, 2016 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: July 20, 2016 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, and VALIHURA, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 20th day of July 2016, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On March 24, 2016, the Court received appellant Oneil Rose’s 
notice of appeal from a Superior Court order dated January 28, 2016 (and 
docketed February 1, 2016).  The Superior Court’s order denied Rose’s 
motion for postconviction relief.  Under Supreme Court Rule 6(a)(iv), a timely 
notice of appeal should have been filed on or before March 2, 2016. 
(2) 
On June 30, 2016, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice 
directing Rose to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed as 
 
 
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untimely.1  Rose filed a response on July 11, 2016.  His response only 
addresses the merits of his appeal and does not address the jurisdictional 
defect created by his untimely filing.   
(3) 
Time is a jurisdictional requirement.2  A notice of appeal must 
be received by the Office of the Clerk of this Court within the applicable time 
period in order to be effective.3  An appellant’s pro se status does not excuse 
a failure to comply strictly with the jurisdictional requirements of Supreme 
Court Rule 6.4  This Court cannot consider an untimely appeal unless an 
appellant can demonstrate that the failure to file a timely notice of appeal is 
attributable to court-related personnel.5  Rose has not made such a showing in 
this case.  Thus, the Court concludes that his appeal must be dismissed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is 
DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
1Del. Supr. Ct. R. 6(a)(iv). 
2Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 829 (1989). 
3Del. Supr. Ct. R. 10(a). 
4Smith v. State, 47 A.3d 481, 486-87 (Del. 2012). 
5Bey v. State, 402 A.2d 362, 363 (Del. 1979).