Supreme Court of Georgia, 1956

Giles v. State

Giles v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 9, 1956 · Head
93 S.E.2d 739; 212 Ga. 465; 1956 Ga. LEXIS 411 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Giles v. State

Opinion

Head, Justice.

A decision on the questions made in this case requires only the “application, in a general sense, of unquestioned and unambiguous provisions of the Constitution to a given state of facts, . . .” Gulf Paving Co. v. City of Atlanta, 149 Ga. 114 (1) (99 S. E. 374). The Court of Appeals, and not this court, has jurisdiction of the writ of error. Wynn v. State, 178 Ga. 193 (172 S. E. 565); Turner v. State, 185 Ga. 432 (195 S. E. 431); Sanders v. State, 186 Ga. 335 (197 S. E. 801); Baker v. State, 198 Ga. 291 (31 S. E. 2d 397); Byrd v. State, 199 Ga. 232 (33 S. E. 2d 693); Rowland v. State, 199 Ga. 340 (34 S. E. 2d 577); Robinson v. State, 209 Ga. 48, 49 (2) (70 S. E. 2d 514).

Transfened to the Court of Appeals.

All the Justices concur.

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