Title: Lefort v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 409, 2022
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: January 18, 2023

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ERIC LEFORT, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 409, 2022 
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§  Court Below: Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. K2103013878 
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Submitted: January 4, 2023 
Decided: 
January 18, 2023 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
(1) 
On October 31, 2022, the appellant filed a document indicating that he 
wanted to appeal, which the Senior Court Clerk deemed to be a notice of appeal from 
a Superior Court violation of probation sentence order dated October 7, 2022.  The 
Senior Court Clerk sent the appellant letters directing him to complete and sign an 
official Form A notice of appeal by November 15, 2022, and to pay the filing fee or 
to file a motion and affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis by the same date.  On 
November 23, 2022, the Chief Deputy Clerk sent another letter directing the 
appellant to file an official Form A notice of appeal and to either file a motion and 
affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee, all by December 8, 2022, 
or a notice to show cause would issue. 
 
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(2) 
On December 20, 2022, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, 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 
filing the Form A notice of appeal and either paying the Supreme Court filing fee or 
filing a motion to proceed in forma 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 December 27, 2022, 
the Court received the certified-mail receipt indicating that the notice had been 
delivered on December 22, 2022.   
(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/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice