Hendon v. Cochran

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Appellant directly appeals from the superior court’s dismissal of her petition for certiorari in which she expressed dissatisfaction with the results of an inquest conducted by a coroner and coroner’s jury. Held:

“The writ of certiorari shall lie for the correction of errors committed by any inferior judicatory or any person exercising judicial powers . . .” OCGA § 5-4-1. “While the coroner is charged with cer*119tain ancillary ministerial duties . . . , the primary function of the coroner is to conduct an inquest. The legislature has defined the term ‘inquest’ as ‘an…