the appeal at this time. Pursuant to G.L.1956 § 10-9.1-9, “[a] final judgment entered in a[PCR] proceeding brought under this chapter shall be appealable to the [Sjupreme [Cjourt in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as a final judgment in a civil action.” Here, no final judgment entered after the order denying applicant’s PCR application. Although this Court sometimes has accepted a premature appeal that has been filed before a final judgment has entered, see, e.g., Russell v. Kalian, 414 A.2d 462, 464 (R.I.1980), we lack jurisdiction to entertain an appeal in the absence of even the belated entry of a final judgment or a timely application for an extension of the time to appeal based on excusable neglect. See, e.g., Figuereo v. Diaz, 651 A.2d 1236, 1237 (RJ.1994) (<HOLDING>). Even if we were to construe the order denying
holding that this court lacked jurisdiction when appeal was filed twentyone days after entry of judgment without any application for an excusableneglect extension holding that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case because it was filed without proper authority recognizing that an appeal filed within 30 days of the entry of an order awarding attorney fees was timely filed as to the issue of attorney fees holding that an effective notice of appeal must be filed for this court to have jurisdiction to hear the case holding in pertinent part that this court lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal