Lewis v. State

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: July 28, 2025
• Docket: 314, 2025
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

NA-QUAN LEWIS, § § No. 314, 2025 Defendant Below, § Appellant, § Court Below–Court of Common § Pleas of the State of Delaware v. § § Cr. ID No. 2410014146 (N) STATE OF DELAWARE, § § Appellee. § §

Submitted: July 22, 2025 Decided: July 28, 2025

Before VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, and LEGROW, Justices.

ORDER

After consideration of the notice to show cause and the appellant’s response,

it appears to the Court that:

(1) On July 17, 2025, the appellant, Na-Quan Lewis, filed a notice of

appeal in this Court, purporting to appeal a June 24, 2025 Superior Court order

issued by Court of Common Pleas Judge Danberg in Criminal Case Number

2410014146. Lewis did not attach the June 24 order to the notice of appeal, and

there is no appealable order associated with Lewis’s name on the either the Court of

Common Pleas or the Superior Court docket. The Clerk of the Court therefore issued

a notice directing Lewis to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to identify an order that is subject to appellate review under Supreme

Court Rule 6.

(2) In his response to the notice to show cause, Lewis acknowledges that

he is attempting to appeal a Court of Common Pleas order in Criminal Case Number

2410014146—presumably, his May 9, 2025 sentence for noncompliance with bond

conditions. This Court has no jurisdiction under the Delaware Constitution to

consider an appeal directly from the Court of Common Pleas.1

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal be

DISMISSED under Supreme Court Rule 29(b).

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Gary F. Traynor Justice

1 Del. Const. art. IV, § 11(a). The Court of Common Pleas docket reflects that Lewis immediately (and properly) filed a notice of appeal with the Superior Court. See Del. C.C.P. Crim. R. 37(a) (an appeal from a Court of Common Pleas criminal sentence is to the Superior Court). 2