Legal Opinion
Cadle v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 1, 1960No. 38111PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gardner, Presiding Judge.
The superior courts of this State are given general and exclusive jurisdiction in all criminal cases where the offender is subjected to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary. Constitution, art. VI, sec. IV, par. I (Code § 2-3901), and see also Code § 24-2615.
Prosecutions in the superior courts are ordinarily instituted by indictments. A prosecution may be brought to a superior court by accusation only in misdemeanor cases and in felony cases other than capital felonies, and then only when the defendant in writing waives indictment by the grand jury. Code…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Danforth v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- McLucas v. State Bridge Building AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Cargile v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Henderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Clinkscales v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
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