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Woods v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 20, 1967
158 S.E.2d 395 (Ga. 1967)

Opinion

24338.

ARGUED OCTOBER 10, 1967.

DECIDED OCTOBER 20, 1967. MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT DENIED NOVEMBER 9, 1967.

Assault with intent to commit murder. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Boykin, Emeritus.

Peter E. Rindskopf, Howard Moore, Jr., Edward W. Jacko, Jr., for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, J. Roger Thompson, for appellee.


The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of assault with intent to murder. Thereafter his motion for new trial was overruled and the present appeal filed. Error is assigned on the judgment overruling the appellant's motion for new trial as well as various rulings made prior to and subsequent to the trial. Each ruling and judgment is alleged to violate the appellant's constitutional rights. Held:

1. The crime for which the appellant stands convicted is not a capital felony so as to vest jurisdiction of the appeal in this court.

2. The enumerations of error involve "`the mere application of unquestioned and unambiguous provisions of the Constitution to a given state of facts' and therefore the Court of Appeals and not the Supreme Court of Georgia has jurisdiction of this case. Sellers v. State, 207 Ga. 249 ( 61 S.E.2d 145); Gaines v. State, 205 Ga. 210 ( 52 S.E.2d 847); Loomis v. State, 203 Ga. 394 ( 47 S.E.2d 58); Smith v. State, 201 Ga. 200 ( 39 S.E.2d 313)." Webb v. Whitley, 221 Ga. 618 ( 146 S.E.2d 722). There being no other basis to confer jurisdiction upon this court, the case is accordingly

Transferred to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur.

ARGUED OCTOBER 10, 1967 — DECIDED OCTOBER 20, 1967 — MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT DENIED NOVEMBER 9, 1967.


Summaries of

Woods v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 20, 1967
158 S.E.2d 395 (Ga. 1967)
Case details for

Woods v. State

Case Details

Full title:WOODS v. THE STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Oct 20, 1967

Citations

158 S.E.2d 395 (Ga. 1967)
158 S.E.2d 395

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