Title: McNeil v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 19, 2016
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: February 25, 2016

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
NATHAN MCNEIL, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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No. 19, 2016 
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Court Below—Superior Court 
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of the State of Delaware 
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Cr. ID No. 1302010193 
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Submitted: January 25, 2016 
Decided: 
February 25, 2016 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
This 25th day of February 2016, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On January 12, 2016, the Court received the appellant’s notice of 
appeal from a November 23, 2015 Superior Court order denying his first motion 
for postconviction relief.  Under Supreme Court Rule 6(a)(iv), a timely notice of 
appeal should have been filed on or before December 23, 2015. 
(2) 
The Clerk issued a Supreme Court Rule 29(b) notice directing the 
appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as untimely filed.  
In his response to the notice to show cause, the appellant stated that he filed a 
timely notice of appeal from the November 23, 2015 order on December 23, 2015 
 
 
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as reflected in the docket for McNeil v. State, No. 696, 2015.  There is no dispute 
that this appeal is untimely, duplicative, and subject to dismissal.  The appeal in 
No. 696, 2015 was timely filed and remains pending.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice