Title: Kostyshyn v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PETER T. KOSTYSHYN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 345, 2002 
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§  Court Below—Court of   
§  Common Pleas of the  
§  State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Case No. 0101010511  
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Submitted: June 19, 2002 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:    July 2, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 2nd day of July 2002, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On June 19, 2002, the defendant-appellant, Peter T. Kostyshyn, 
filed a notice of appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas 
finding him guilty of two misdeameanors and sentencing him to a period of 
incarceration at Level V.1   
 
 
(2) 
A criminal defendant convicted and sentenced in the Court of 
Common Pleas may appeal his conviction to the Superior Court.2  This Court 
                                                          
 
1The notice of appeal does not indicate the date of the decision of the Court of Common Pleas or the length 
of the sentence.     
2DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 11, § 5301; COM. P. CT. CRIM. R. 37. 
 
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has jurisdiction to review the Superior Court’s appellate decision.3  This 
Court, however, may not receive an appeal directly from the Court of 
Common Pleas.4 
 
(3) 
Kostyshyn’s appeal manifestly fails to invoke the jurisdiction of 
this Court.5  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/ Randy J. Holland______________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                          
 
3Rogers v. State, 457 A.2d 727, 730-31 (Del. 1983). 
4DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(1) (b). 
5SUPR. CT. R. 29(c).