Title: Land v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 136, 2006
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 21, 2006

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MAURICE C. LAND, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 136, 2006 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID No. 91005910DI 
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Submitted: March 23, 2006 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: April 21, 2006 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 21st  day of April 2006, upon consideration of the appellant’s 
untimely notice of appeal,1 the notice to show cause issued by the Clerk, the 
appellant’s response,2 and the appellee’s Memorandum in Support of 
Dismissal, it appears that the appellant’s failure to timely file his appeal is 
not attributable to court-related personnel.3  Accordingly, this Court does not 
have jurisdiction to hear this untimely appeal. 
                                                 
1 The appellant’s appeal from the Superior Court’s February 7, 2006 order was due to be 
filed in this Court on or before March 9, 2006, but was not filed until March 14, 2006.  
Supr. Ct. R. 6(a) (iii). 
2 The appellant states that the envelope containing the notice of appeal was returned to 
him due to insufficient postage. 
3 Bey v. State, 402 A.2d 362, 363 (Del. 1979).  
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rules 6(a) (iii) and 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice