Longfellow v. State
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE JESSE LONGFELLOW, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. § § § § § § § § § § § § No. 258, 2021 Court Below: Superior Court of the State of Delaware Cr. I.D. No. 1109005393 (K) Submitted: September 14, 2021 Decided: September 16, 2021 ORDER (1) The Court received a letter from Jesse Longfellow, who is represented by counsel in a proceeding for modification of sentence in the Superior Court; in the letter, Longfellow expressed his desire to appeal from an entry on the Superior Court docket that indicates that the Superior Court did not take action on the motion for sentence modification on July 22, 2021. Under the Delaware Constitution, this Court may review only a final judgment in a criminal case.1 Because the Superior Court docket indicated that the court had not yet resolved the motion, the Clerk sent a notice to Longfellow, with a copy to his counsel, directing him to show cause why 1 DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 11(1)(b); Gottlieb v. State, 697 A.2d 400, 401-02 (Del. 1997). his appeal should not be dismissed for the Court’s lack of jurisdiction to entertain an interlocutory appeal in a criminal case. (2) On September 1, 2021, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been delivered. A timely response to the notice to show cause would have been due on or before September 13, 2021. The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day period, dismissal of this action is deemed to be unopposed. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Gary F. Traynor Justice 2
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