Legal Opinion

Hourin v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 28, 2017No. S17A0962PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

Thomas Robert Hourin appeals the trial court’s denial of his pre-trial motions in this criminal case. We granted Hourin’s application for interlocutory appeal and directed the parties to address whether this Court has jurisdiction over an application for interlocutory appeal when the certificate of immediate review is signed by a judge different, than the judge who signed the order to be appealed. We answer that question in the affirmative but reject Hourin’s arguments that the statutes under which he is charged are unconstitutional. We also determine that the trial court…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
  2. Hudson v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. Salinas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Carella v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Sabbath v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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