Title: Rodriguez v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 394, 2003
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: September 24, 2003

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 394, 2003 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID No. 0005017581 
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Submitted:  August 21, 2003 
Decided:  September 24, 2003 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 24th day of September 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant Victor Rodriguez filed a notice of appeal on August 7, 
2003, purporting to appeal his criminal convictions, which were entered following a 
Superior Court jury trial in December 2000.  The Clerk of the Court issued a 
notice to Rodriguez to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for his 
failure to perfect his appeal within thirty days from his sentencing, as required by 
Supreme Court Rule 6(a)(ii).   
(2) 
Rodriguez filed a response to the notice to show cause.  In his 
response, Rodriguez asserts the substantive issues he wishes to argue on appeal, 
but he fails to address the untimeliness of his appeal.  After review, it appears to 
 
 
 
 
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the Court that Rodriguez, in fact, took an appeal from his criminal convictions and 
sentences.  This Court affirmed Rodriguez’s convictions and sentences on appeal.1 
  To the extent Rodriguez is attempting to reargue the Court’s order affirming his 
convictions, his attempt comes far too late.2  To the extent Rodriguez seeks to 
obtain postconviction relief, he must follow the procedures of Superior Court 
Criminal Rule 61.   
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rules 6 and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
Justice 
                                                                 
1 Rodriguez v. State, Del. Supr., No. 456, 2001, Berger, J. (Apr. 7, 2003). 
2 DEL. SUPR. CT. R. 18 (motion for reargument must be filed within 15 days of Court’s 
order or opinion).