Title: Correa v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GUANGO CORREA, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellee.
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No. 430, 2003 
 
Court Below: Superior Court  
of the State of Delaware  
in and for Kent County 
 
Cr. ID No. 0205013182 
 
Cr. A. No. IK02-05-0782R1 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: 
September 5, 2003 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
September 26, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 26th day of September 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
 
1. 
On August 29, 2003, the appellant, Guango Correa, filed a pro se notice of 
appeal from a decision of a Superior Court Commissioner, dated August 13, 2003, which 
denied Correa’s motion for postconviction relief.   
 
2. 
On August 29, 2003, the Clerk of this Court issued a notice, pursuant to 
Supreme Court 29(b), directing Correa to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed based on this Court's lack of jurisdiction to entertain a criminal interlocutory 
appeal.  On September 5, 2003, Correa filed a response to the notice to show cause.  In 
that response, Correa does not address the issue of this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to 
entertain a criminal interlocutory appeal.   
 
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3. 
Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may review only a final 
judgment in a criminal case.1  As a result, this Court does not have jurisdiction to review 
the Superior Court’s interlocutory ruling in this case.2    
4. 
The Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction is limited to appeals from 
decisions of judges of a court.3  Superior Court Criminal Rule 62 sets forth procedures for 
obtaining review of a Commissioner’s order by a Superior Court judge. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                                 
1DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(1)(b).   
2See Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400 (Del. 1997); Rash v. State, 318 A.2d 603 (Del. 1974). 
3 Redden v. McGill, 549 A.2d 695 (Del. 1988); Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, § 512.