Case Title: Williams v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 341, 2005

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2005-09-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROLAND WILLIAMS, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 341, 2005 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID 0101014259  
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Submitted: August 12, 2005 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
September 12, 2005 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 12th day of September 2005, upon consideration of the notice to show 
cause and the defendant’s response thereto, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On July 29, 2005, the Court received the defendant=s notice of appeal 
from a Superior Court Commissioner’s order dated July 12, 2005.  The 
Commissioner’s order recommended that the Superior Court deny the defendant’s 
motion for postconviction relief.  
(2) 
Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may only review a final 
judgment in a criminal matter.1  The Commissioner’s order is not a final order and 
                                                 
1 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
 
 
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thus is not directly appealable to this Court because the defendant is required first 
to seek review of the Commissioner’s order by a judge of the Superior Court.2  
Accordingly, this Court is without jurisdiction to review this criminal interlocutory 
appeal.3   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 
29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
        Justice 
 
                                                 
2 10 Del. C. § 512(b) (1999). 
3 See Robinson v. State, 704 A.2d 269, 271 (Del. 1998); DEL. SUPR. CT. R. 6(a)(iii).