Title: May v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
DARREN R. MAY,
Defendant Below,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Plaintiff Below,
Appellee.
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No. 558, 2001
Court Below: Family Court
of the State of Delaware
in and for Kent County
Cr. ID No. 9908026446
File No. AK99-01033
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice,  HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.
O R D E R
This third day of December 2001, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
On November 2, 2001, Darren R. May filed a notice of appeal
from a decision of a Family Court commissioner dated October 2, 2001.  A
commissioner’s order is not a final judgment for purposes of appealing to this
Court.∗  10 Del. C. § 915(d) provides that a party’s right of appeal from a
commissioner’s order shall be to a judge of the Family Court.
(2)  The Court concludes, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(c), that
the within appeal, on its face, manifestly fails to invoke the Court’s
                                                 
∗ See Redden v. McGill, Del. Supr., 549 A.2d 695 (1988) (holding that this Court’s
appellate jurisdiction over Family Court proceedings is limited to decisions of judges of
that Court).
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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, pursuant to Supreme Court
Rule 29(c), that this appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Randy J. Holland
Justice