Orkin v. State

1 Citing case

  1. State v. Murray

    286 Ga. 258 (Ga. 2009)   Cited 13 times
    Holding that this Court had jurisdiction over a collateral order for contempt against the prosecutor in a murder case

    It could be argued that this new language was intended to narrow the Supreme Court's previously recognized and exercised plenary authority to take jurisdiction of cases, and even categories of cases, from the Court of Appeals. But that is not apparent from the text, which appears simply to be a shorter and clearer statement of the Court's general certiorari jurisdiction (along with the addition of the standard, "gravity and great public importance," approximating the one traditionally used by the Court in granting certiorari, see, e.g., Orkin v. State, 239 Ga. 334, 335 ( 236 SE2d 576) (1977); Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Yesbik, 146 Ga. 620 ( 91 SE 873) (1917)). The term "certiorari" is not limited to review of any type of case, but refers simply to the common law writ issued by a higher court to a lower court requiring the latter to produce a certified record.