Watson v. State

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

JAWON WATSON, § § Defendant Below, § No. 290, 2024 Appellant, § § Court Below: Superior Court v. § of the State of Delaware § STATE OF DELAWARE, § Cr. I.D. Nos. 2007011656 § 2007011341 (K) Appellee. §

Submitted: August 13, 2024 Decided: August 26, 2024

ORDER

On July 25, 2025, the appellant filed a letter deemed to be a notice of appeal

from the Superior Court’s order, docketed on June 18, 2024, denying the appellant’s

motion for modification of sentence. A notice of appeal must be timely filed to

invoke the Court’s appellate jurisdiction.1 Under Supreme Court Rules 6 and 11, a

timely notice of appeal would have been filed on or before July 18, 2024. The Senior

Court Clerk issued a notice directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal

should not be dismissed as untimely filed. On July 31, 2024, the Court received the

certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been delivered.

The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the

required ten-day period, dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed.

1 Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del. 1989). NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2)

and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen L. Valihura Justice