Title: McNeill v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 187, 2001
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: October 16, 2001

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
WARREN MCNEILL,
Defendant Below-
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Plaintiff Below-
Appellee.
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§  No. 187, 2001
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§  Court Below—Superior Court
§  of the State of Delaware,
§  in and for New Castle County
§  Cr.A. Nos. IN99-08-0138 thru
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Submitted: August 20, 2001
  Decided:   October 16, 2001
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER and STEELE, Justices
O R D E R
This 16th day of October 2001, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The defendant-appellant, Warren McNeill, filed an appeal from an
order of the Superior Court denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea.  The
plaintiff-appellee, State of Delaware, has moved to dismiss the appeal on
jurisdictional grounds.  Because this Court lacks jurisdiction to decide the appeal,
we GRANT the State’s motion to dismiss and DISMISS the appeal.
(2)
On November 22, 2000, McNeill pleaded guilty to attempted assault
in the first degree, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and
reckless endangering in the first degree.  Prior to sentencing, McNeill filed a
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motion to withdraw his guilty plea.  On April 5, 2001, the Superior Court denied
McNeill’s motion.
(3)
A direct appeal of a criminal conviction may be taken only from a
final judgment.1  McNeill’s appeal from the Superior Court’s April 5, 2001 order
is interlocutory because he has not yet been sentenced.2  This Court, therefore,
has no jurisdiction to review McNeill’s appeal.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to dismiss is
GRANTED and the appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Myron T. Steele__________________
Justice
                                                          
1Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1) (b); Rash v. State, Del. Supr., 318 A.2d 603, 604 (1974).
2Eller v. State, Del. Supr., 531 A.2d 948, 950 (1987).