Title: Hartmann v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 91, 2005
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: April 12, 2005

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DETLEF HARTMANN, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No.  91, 2005 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  Cr. ID 991200027 
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Submitted: March 28, 2005 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: April 12, 2005 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 12th day of April 2005, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Detlef Hartmann, filed this appeal from a 
Superior Court order dated February 15, 2005.  The Superior Court’s order 
denied Hartmann’s motion for appointment of counsel and his motion to stay 
further proceedings on his motion for postconviction relief.  The motion for 
postconviction relief is still pending.  
(2) 
The State has filed a motion to dismiss Hartmann’s appeal on 
the ground that the order appealed from is an unappealable interlocutory 
order.  We agree. Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may only 
 
 
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review a final judgment in a criminal case.1  The Superior Court’s denial of 
Hartmann’s motion for counsel and motion to stay is clearly an interlcutory 
ruling.2  As a result, this Court does not have jurisdiction to review this 
appeal.3  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the within appeal is 
hereby DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(1)(b). 
2 See Robinson v. State, 704 A.2d 269, 271 (Del. 1998). 
3 Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400, 401 (Del. 1997).