State v. Murray

Thompson, Justice.

The State sought and this Court granted an emergency super-sedeas with regard to a contempt order issued against an assistant district attorney in the underlying murder prosecution. In light of the dissenting opinion, which posits that this Court does not have jurisdiction because the finding of contempt bears no relation to the murder case, we are compelled to re-examine our longstanding order declaring that all murder cases, and all interlocutory appeals in murder cases, be transferred to this Court. State v. Thornton, 253 Ga. 524 (1) (322 SE2d 711) (1984). We conclude…