Case Title: Griffin v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 528, 2002

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2002-10-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LESTER V. GRIFFIN, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee.
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No. 528, 2002 
 
 
Court Below: Family Court  
of the State of Delaware  
in and for Kent County 
 
File No. 0101012063 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: September 18, 2002 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
October 7, 2002 
 
Before WALSH, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 7th day of October 2002, it appears to the Court that: 
(1)  On September 18, 2002, the appellant, Lester V. Griffin, filed a pro se 
notice of appeal from a decision of a commissioner of the Family Court dated 
August 13, 2002.  A commissioner’s order is not a final judgment for purposes of 
appealing to this Court.∗  10 Del. C. § 915(d) provides that a party’s right of 
appeal from a commissioner’s order shall be to a judge of the Family Court. 
                                                           
∗ See Redden v. McGill, 549 A.2d 695 (Del. 1988) (holding that this Court’s appellate 
jurisdiction over Family Court proceedings is limited to decisions of judges of that 
Court). 
 
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(2)  The Court concludes, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(c), that the 
within appeal, on its face, manifestly fails to invoke the Court’s jurisdiction, 
and that the giving of notice of said defect would serve no meaningful purpose 
and that any response would be of no avail. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(c), that this appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice