Case Title: Kostyshyn v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 635, 2002

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2002-12-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PETER T. KOSTYSHYN, 
§ 
§ 
Defendant Below,  
§  No. 635, 2002 
Appellant,  
 
§ 
 
§  Court Below—Court of Common Pleas 
v. 
 
 
 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
§  Cr. ID No. 0110011985 
 
 
 
 
 
§  Cr.A. Nos. MN-01-11-0674 and -0675 
Plaintiff Below, 
 
§  
Appellee. 
 
 
§ 
 
Submitted: November 18, 2002 
   Decided: December 9, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and STEELE, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 9th day of December 2002, it appears to the Court that: 
1. 
On November 18, 2002, Peter T. Kostyshyn, appearing pro se, filed a 
notice of appeal from a guilty verdict rendered in the Court of Common Pleas on 
November 13, 2002.  Mr. Kostyshyn is scheduled to be sentenced on January 24, 
2003. 
2. 
A criminal defendant convicted and sentenced in the Court of Common 
Pleas may appeal his conviction to the Superior Court.1  This Court has jurisdiction to 
                         
1 DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 11, § 5301; DEL. CT. C.P. CRIM. R. 37. 
review the Superior Court’s appellate decision.2  This Court, however, may not 
receive an appeal directly from the Court of Common Pleas.3 
3. 
Kostyshyn’s appeal manifestly fails to invoke the jurisdiction of this 
Court.4  Moreover, this Court concludes, in the exercise of its discretion, that the 
giving of notice would serve no meaningful purpose and that any response would be 
of no avail. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 
29(c), the appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
Myron T. Steele 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
2 Rogers v. State, 457 A.2d 727, 730-31 (Del. 1983). 
3 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
4 DEL. SUPR. CT. R. 29(c).