Title: Pumphrey v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
ELTON L. PUMPHREY,
§
§
Defendant Below,
§  No. 206, 2002
Appellant,
§
§  Court Below: Superior Court
v.
§  of the State of Delaware, in
§  and for Sussex County,
STATE OF DELAWARE,
§
§  Cr. ID No. 0002014519
Plaintiff Below,
§
Appellee.
§
Submitted: April 15, 2002
Decided:
April 22, 2002
Before WALSH, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.
O R D E R
This 22nd day of April 2002, it appears to the Court that:
1.
On April 15, 2002, the appellant, Elton L. Pumphrey, appearing
pro se, filed a notice of appeal from an order of the Superior Court dated April
2, 2002.  The Superior Court’s order denied Pumphrey’s request for transcripts.
2.
Under the Delaware Constitution, only a final judgment may be
reviewed by this Court in a criminal case.1 The denial of a motion for
transcripts at state expense filed in the Superior Court is not a final appealable
order, nor is it appealable as a collateral order before the entry of a final order
                        
1 Del Const. Art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
2
on any postconviction motion.    As a result, this Court has no jurisdiction to
review Pumphrey’s interlocutory appeal in this criminal case.2
3.
The Court concludes, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(c), that
the within criminal interlocutory appeal, on its face, manifestly fails to invoke
the Court’s jurisdiction, and that the giving of notice of said defect would serve
no meaningful purpose and that any response would be of no avail.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is DISMISSED,
sua sponte, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(c).
BY THE COURT:
Randy J. Holland
Justice
                        
2 Rash v. State, 318 A.2d 603 (Del. 1974); State v. Cooley, 430 A.2d 789 (Del.
1981).