Edwards v. State, 24843
| Decision Date | 24 September 1968 |
| Docket Number | No. 24843,24843 |
| Parties | Horace EDWARDS v. The STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
John R. Calhoun, Savannah, for appellant.
Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Sol. Gen., Robert E. Barker, Savannah, Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon Asst. Atty. Gen., William R. Childers, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, for appellee.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
The appellant in this case was convicted of robbery by intimidation which under Code Ann. § 26-2503 (Ga.L.1957, pp. 261, 263) is not a capital felony, and there is no other question raised in the case over which this court has exclusive jurisdiction under Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. IV of the Georgia Constitution (Code Ann. § 2-3704). This court has no jurisdiction to review this case. Ward v. state, 199 Ga. 722, 35 S.E.2d 150; Meriwether v. State, 189 Ga. 746, 8 S.E.2d 72.
It is therefore,
Transferred to the Court of Appeals.
All the Justices concur.
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