Title: Ridley v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
BRIGADIER RIDLEY, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 190, 2014 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§ of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
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§  Cr. ID 9903009487 
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§ 
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Submitted: April 29, 2014 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: May 6, 2014 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
  O R D E R 
 
This 6th day of May 2014, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) The appellant, Brigadier Ridley, filed this appeal from a decision 
of the Superior Court, dated March 17, 2014, which denied his motion for 
transcripts at State expense.  The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice to Ridley 
to show cause why his appeal should be dismissed based on the Court’s lack 
of jurisdiction to entertain an interlocutory appeal in a criminal case. 
(2) Ridley filed a response to the notice to show cause on April 29, 
2014.  Ridley’s response does not address the jurisdictional defect raised in 
the notice to show cause, but instead argues the merits of his case. 
 
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(3) Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may only review a 
final judgment in a criminal case.1  The Superior Court’s denial of Ridley’s 
motion for transcripts is clearly an unappealable interlocutory ruling.2  As a 
result, this Court does not have jurisdiction to review this appeal.3 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the within interlocutory 
appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
2 See Robinson v. State, 704 A.2d 269, 271 (Del. 1998). 
3 See Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400 (Del. 1997).