Title: Cleveland v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
VINCENT CLEVELAND, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 241, 2009 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID 0301006634 
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§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: May 7, 2009 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: June 5, 2009 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 5th day of June 2009, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On April 30, 2009, the Court received Vincent Cleveland’s 
notice of appeal from a Superior Court Commissioner’s order dated April 
22, 2009.  The Senior Court Clerk issued a notice to Cleveland to show 
cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as an impermissible 
interlocutory appeal in a criminal case.1   
(2) 
Cleveland filed a response to the notice to show cause on May 
7, 2009.  He acknowledges that the Commissioner’s order is a not a final, 
                                                 
1 See Johnson v. State, 884 A.2d 475 (Del. 2005). 
 
 
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appealable order and that further proceedings are on-going in the Superior 
Court.  Nonetheless, he requests this Court to retain jurisdiction over the 
matter until a final order is issued by the Superior Court.  
(3) 
Unfortunately, the Court has no jurisdiction over this 
interlocutory appeal.2  Once the Superior Court issues a final order in 
Cleveland’s case, he will have the right to file a notice of appeal within 
thirty days of that final order.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
Justice 
                                                 
2 See Del. Const. art IV, § 11(1)(b).