Title: Jobes v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 313, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: August 30, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
EDWARD A. JOBES, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
 
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§  No. 313, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID K1510004414 
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Submitted: July 26, 2018 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
August 30, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
Upon consideration of the notice to show cause, the appellant’s response, and 
the State’s reply, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On June 18, 2018, the Court received the appellant Edward Jobes’ pro 
se notice of appeal from the Superior Court’s order, dated January 11, 2018, denying 
his first motion for postconviction relief.  Under Supreme Court Rule 6(a)(iv), a 
timely notice of appeal should have been filed within thirty days after docketing of 
the trial court’s order. 
(2) 
The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice directing Jobes to show cause 
why the appeal should not be dismissed as untimely.  Jobes filed a response to the 
 
 
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notice to show on July 2, 2018, asserting that the Superior Court never provided him 
with a copy of the order denying his postconviction motion.  Jobes contends that he 
only found out about the order through the prison law library’s LEXIS system.   
(3) 
The State filed a reply to Jobes’ response.  The State contends that the 
prison mail records support Jobes’ assertion that he never received a copy of the 
Superior Court’s order.  Because it is unknown whether the issue was caused by 
Superior Court personnel, the postal service, or prison mail personnel, the State 
indicates that it does not object to remanding this matter to the Superior Court to 
reissue its order denying postconviction relief in order to allow Jobes the opportunity 
to file a timely notice of appeal.   
 (4) 
We agree that the proper course of action is to remand this matter to the 
Superior Court.  Upon remand, the Superior Court should reissue its order and 
provide Jobes with a copy in order to permit Jobes the opportunity to file a timely 
appeal.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the matter is 
REMANDED to the Superior Court for further action in accordance with this order.  
Jurisdiction is not retained. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice