McNeil v. State
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE NATHAN MCNEIL, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. § § § § § § § § § § § No. 19, 2016 Court Below—Superior Court of the State of Delaware Cr. ID No. 1302010193 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 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 2
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