Title: Young v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOSEPH YOUNG, 
 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 91, 2009 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 0701026598 
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Submitted: April 16, 2009 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: June 2, 2009 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 2nd day of June 2009, after careful consideration of appellant’s opening 
brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the appeal is subject 
to dismissal because the judgment of the Superior Court, which denied appellant’s 
motion for discovery, is an unappealable interlocutory order in a criminal case.1 
Appellant first must file a petition for postconviction relief under Superior Court 
Criminal Rule 61 before he can seek to compel discovery. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the within appeal is hereby 
DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                                 
1 In re Shockley, 2005 WL 2475731 (Del. Aug. 16, 2005).