Case Title: Stanford v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 143, 2019

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2019-04-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
SHAMAR STANFORD, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 143, 2019 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 1511011810 (N) 
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Submitted: April 10, 2019 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
April 18, 2019 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; SEITZ and TRAYNOR, Justices.  
 
ORDER 
 
After consideration of the notice to show cause and the response, it 
appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On April 1, 2019, the appellant filed a notice of appeal from a 
Superior Court Commissioner’s report, dated March 8, 2019, that 
recommended summary dismissal of his second motion for postconviction 
relief and denial of his motion for appointment of counsel, motion for 
transcripts, and motion to compel.  The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice 
directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed 
 
 
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for this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider an appeal directly from a 
Superior Court Commissioner’s order.   
(2) 
In his response to the notice to show cause, the appellant requests 
a remand of this matter so he does not waive his right to appeal.  The right of 
review of a Commissioner’s order is to a judge of the Superior Court.1  In the 
absence of intermediate review by a Superior Court judge, this Court has no 
jurisdiction to hear an appeal directly from a Superior Court Commissioner’s 
order.2  This appeal is therefore dismissed.  The appellant may file a notice of 
appeal once the Superior Court enters a final order on his motion for 
postconviction relief. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 
29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
/s/Gary F. Traynor 
Justice 
                                                 
1 Super. Ct. Crim. R. 62. 
2 See Johnson v. State, 884 A.2d 475, 479 (Del. 2005). 
 
 
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