Supreme Court of Delaware

Campbell v. State

January 19, 2018

Summary

The Court dismissed Campbell’s appeal from the denial of his first motion for postconviction relief because his notice of appeal was filed after the jurisdictional deadline. Campbell’s pro se status, delays by prison law-library personnel, and initial filing in the wrong court did not establish an exception to the filing requirement. The Court held that only a failure attributable to court-related personnel could excuse the untimely filing.