Title: Burton v. State

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MARVIN T. BURTON, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 665, 2006 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  Cr. ID 0410003743 
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Submitted: December 29, 2006 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: April 13, 2007 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 13th day of April 2007, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Marvin T. Burton, filed this appeal on December 
20, 2006 from a decision of the Superior Court denying his request for 
transcripts.  On the same day, the Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court issued a 
notice to Burton to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed 
based on the Court’s lack of jurisdiction to entertain an interlocutory appeal 
in a criminal case. 
 
 
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(2) 
Burton filed a response to the notice to show cause on 
December 29, 2006.  Burton’s response does not address the jurisdictional 
issue raised in the notice to show cause. 
(3) 
Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may only review a 
final judgment in a criminal case.1  The Superior Court’s denial of Burton’s 
request for transcript in order to pursue a postconviction remedy is clearly an 
unappealable interlocutory ruling.2  As a result, this Court does not have 
jurisdiction to consider Burton’s appeal.3   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland       
Justice 
                                                 
1  Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
2  In re Hyson, 649 A.2d 807, 808 (Del. 1994). 
3 See Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400 (Del. 1997).