Title: Johnson v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LAWRENCE JOHNSON,   
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 548, 2010 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  Cr. ID No. 9506017339  
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Submitted: September 3, 2010 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: September 22, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 22nd day of September 2010, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The defendant-appellant, Lawrence Johnson, filed a notice of 
appeal in this Court on August 25, 2010.  The notice of appeal reflects that 
Johnson is attempting to appeal from the report and recommendation of a 
Superior Court Commissioner in a criminal case.   
 
(2) 
On August 25, 2010, the Clerk of the Court sent a notice to 
Johnson to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed pursuant to 
Supreme Court Rule 29(b) for this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider an 
appeal directly from a decision of a Superior Court Commissioner.  In his 
 
2 
response to the notice to show cause, Johnson requests this Court to consider 
his appeal in the interest of justice. 
 
(3) 
This Court does not have jurisdiction to review an interlocutory 
order in a criminal case,1 including a decision of a Superior Court 
Commissioner.2   Johnson’s appeal must, therefore, be dismissed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, §11(1)(b); State v. Cooley, 430 A.2d 789, 791 (Del. 1981). 
2 Super. Ct. Crim. R. 62.