Supreme Court of Delaware
Norwood v. State
August 5, 2026
Summary
The Delaware Supreme Court dismissed Tyrone Norwood's appeal from a Superior Court order denying his motion for correction of an illegal sentence because the notice of appeal was not timely received. Norwood's notice was mailed by a family member to the Superior Court Prothonotary rather than to the Supreme Court and was received on June 23, 2026, past the June 18, 2026 deadline set by Supreme Court Rule 6(a)(iii)(B). Because Norwood did not send the notice from prison, the inmate-mailbox provisions of 10 Del. C. § 147(b)(1) and Rule 6(a)(iii)(C) did not apply, and the delay was not attributable to court-related personnel, so the Court lacked jurisdiction over the appeal.