Case Title: Milton v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 424, 2014

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2014-09-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILMER L. MILTON, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§   
§  No. 424, 2014 
§   
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§   
§  Cr. ID No. 1103018831 
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: September 3, 2014 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: September 12, 2014 
 
 
 
 
 
Before HOLLAND, RIDGELY, and VALIHURA, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
This 12th day of September 2014, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On August 6, 2014, the appellant, Wilmer L. Milton, filed a letter with 
the Court expressing his intent to file an appeal from the Superior Court’s decision 
on his motion for postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61.  On 
August 12, 2014, Milton filed another letter stating that the Superior Court had not 
yet issued a decision on his motion for postconviction relief.  
(2) 
The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice under Supreme Court Rule 
29(b), directing Milton to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for 
the Court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider an interlocutory appeal in a criminal 
matter.   
2 
 
(3) 
In his response to the notice show cause, Milton stated that the matter 
should not be dismissed and that the Superior Court had not yet issued a decision 
on his motion for postconviction relief.  Under the Delaware Constitution, this 
Court may only review a final judgment in a criminal case.1  Based upon a review 
of the Superior Court docket, there is presently no final judgment subject to 
review.  Thus, this Court does not have jurisdiction to review this appeal.2    
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1)(b).  
2 Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400, 401 (Del. 1997).