Styles v. State

537 S.E.2d 377 (2000)

245 Ga. App. 90

STYLES

v.

The STATE.

No. A00A0505.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 13, 2000.

Jason T. Shwiller, for appellant.

James E. Osborne, District Attorney, Theo M. Sereebutra, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

We granted this discretionary application to resolve conflicting lines of opinion regarding this court's jurisdiction over pending appeals before issuance of a remittitur. The Supreme Court of this state has expressly held that a superior court is without authority to alter a judgment while an appeal of that judgment is pending.…