Case Title: Kostyshyn v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 42, 2003

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2003-02-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PETER T. KOSTYSHYN, 
 
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Defendant Below,  
 
§  No. 42, 2003 
Appellant,  
 
 
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§  Court Below: Court of Common Pleas 
v. 
 
 
 
 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: January 28, 2003 
Decided: 
February 21, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and HOLLAND, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 21st  day of February 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
1. 
On January 28, 2003, Peter T. Kostyshyn, appearing pro se, filed a 
notice of appeal from a sentence rendered in the Court of Common Pleas on 
January 24, 2003. 
2. 
This Court’s appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases is limited to 
appeals from the Superior Court.1  A criminal defendant convicted and sentenced in 
the Court of Common Pleas may appeal his conviction to the Superior Court.2   
                         
1 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
2 11 Del. C. § 5301; DEL. CT. C.P. CRIM. R. 37. 
 
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3. 
Kostyshyn’s appeal manifestly fails to invoke the jurisdiction of this 
Court.3  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: 
     s/Joseph T. Walsh 
            Justice 
 
 
                         
3 SUPR. CT. R. 29(c).