Bullock v. State

McNEILLY, Justice.

Defendant seeks relief from a decision of the Superior Court granting the State’s motion to dismiss his appeal from a motor vehicle conviction before a Justice of the Peace on the ground of untimeliness in filing.

I

On September 9, 1974 defendant was arrested in Kent County, near Harrington, for failure to stop his motor vehicle at the command of a police officer (21 Del.C. § 4103(b)). He elected to be tried before the Justice of the Peace, and on the same day he entered a plea of “Not Guilty”, was tried, convicted and fined. On September 23, 1974, fourteen days after his…