Title: Cooper v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MAURICE COOPER,  
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE,  
 
           Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 286, 2013 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID No. 1002013686 
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                                      Submitted: July 9, 2013 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: July 11, 2013 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 11th day of July 2013, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On May 30, 2013, the Court received the appellant’s notice of 
appeal from the May 14, 2013 report and recommendation of the Superior 
Court Commissioner.  On the same date, the Clerk issued a notice pursuant 
to Supreme Court Rule 29(b) directing the appellant to show cause why the 
appeal should not be dismissed for this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to 
entertain an appeal directly from a report and recommendation of a Superior 
Court Commissioner.   
 
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(2) 
On July 9, 2013, the appellant responded to the notice to show 
cause.1  In the response, the appellant states that the Commissioner 
incorrectly failed to base his decision on established case law regarding 
insufficiency of the evidence. 
 
(3) 
 This Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain an appeal 
directly from the report and recommendation of a Superior Court 
Commissioner.2  Therefore, this appeal must be dismissed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is 
DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
                                                 
1 On June 27, 2013, the appellant requested an extension of time in which to respond to 
the notice to show cause.  On that same date, the Clerk granted the appellant an extension 
until July 8, 2013. 
2 Del. Const. art. IV, §11(1) (b); Super. Ct. Crim. R. 62.