Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ January 07, 2016 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A16A0575. THE STATE v. ROBERT LENORIS SMITH.

The State of Georgia has filed this appeal from the trial court’s order granting Robert Lenoris Smith’s motion to suppress evidence. Smith was indicted, inter alia, for felony murder. In State v. Thornton, 253 Ga. 524 (322 SE2d 711) (1984), the Supreme Court directed that we transfer “all cases in which either a sentence of death or life imprisonment has been imposed upon conviction of murder, and all pre- conviction appeals in murder cases” to that Court. Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the Supreme Court.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 01/07/2016 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.