Title: St. Louis v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 360, 2004
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: September 27, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JAMES ST. LOUIS, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 360, 2004 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  Cr. ID 0009015005 
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Submitted: September 3, 2004 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: September 27, 2004 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 27th day of September 2004, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, James St. Louis, filed this appeal from a decision 
of the Superior Court, dated June 30, 2004, which denied St. Louis’ request 
for transcripts.  The Clerk of the Court issued a notice to St. Louis to show 
cause why his appeal should be dismissed based on the Court’s lack of 
jurisdiction to entertain an interlocutory appeal in a criminal case. 
(2) 
St. Louis filed a response to the notice to show cause on 
September 3, 2004.  St. Louis’ response does not address the jurisdictional 
issue raised in the notice to show cause. 
 
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(3) 
Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may only review a 
final judgment in a criminal case.1  The Superior Court’s denial of St. Louis’ 
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 review this appeal.3 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
2 See Robinson v. State, 704 A.2d 269, 271 (Del. 1998). 
3 See Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400 (Del. 1997).