Legal Opinion

Howard v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 1923No. 14144Published

Certiorari; from Fulton superior court — ; Judge Bell. October 27, 1922.

1Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. The ruling in Gillespie v. Mayor &c. of Macon, 19 Ga. App. 1 (90 S. E. 970), that a petition for certiorari to review the judgment of a police or recorder’s court should be dismissed unless there *63be attached to the petition a certified copy of the certiorari bond and a certificate from the clerk of the trial court that the bond was filed and approved by him, does not apply to a certiorari from the criminal court of Atlanta. One convicted in that court of a criminal offense, who desires to have the judgment reviewed by certiorari, is not obligated to give any bond. Dixon v.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Welborne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Gillespie v. Mayor of MaconCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  3. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Hood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908

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