Opinion
No. 206, 2002
Submitted: April 15, 2002
Decided: April 22, 2002
Court Below: Superior Court of the State of Delaware in and for Sussex County, Cr. ID No. 0002014519
Appeal Dismissed.
Unpublished Opinion is below.
ELTON L. PUMPHREY, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. No. 206, 2002 In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Submitted: April 15, 2002 Decided: April 22, 2002
Before WALSH, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.
RANDY J. HOLLAND, Justice.
ORDER
This 22nd day of April 2002, it appears to the Court that:
1. On April 15, 2002, the appellant, Elton L. Pumphrey, appearing pro se, filed a notice of appeal from an order of the Superior Court dated April 2, 2002. The Superior Court's order denied Pumphrey's request for transcripts.
2. Under the Delaware Constitution, only a final judgment may be reviewed by this Court in a criminal case. The denial of a motion for transcripts at state expense filed in the Superior Court is not a final appealable order, nor is it appealable as a collateral order before the entry of a final order on any postconviction motion. As a result, this Court has no jurisdiction to review Pumphrey's interlocutory appeal in this criminal case.
Del Const. Art. IV, § 11( 1)(b).
Rash v. State, 318 A.2d 603 (Del. 1974); State v. Cooley, 430 A.2d 789 (Del. 1981).
3. The Court concludes, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(c), that the within criminal interlocutory appeal, on its face, manifestly fails to invoke the Court's jurisdiction, and that the giving of notice of said defect would serve no meaningful purpose and that any response would be of no avail.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 29(c).