State v. Atkins

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court holding the defendant, Anthony Atkins, for trial after a finding by the trial court that the state had established probable cause to believe that the defendant had committed the crimes of murder and felony murder. This court gave notice to the parties to appear and be heard on whether the defendant’s appeal should not be dismissed for lack of a final judgment. We conclude that the trial court’s order was not a final judgment and that this appeal should therefore be dismissed.

Because the trial court’s order was rendered before the defendant’s…