Legal Opinion
Burke v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 1949No. 16653PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to review all cases involving the constitutionality of a State law. Article 6, section 2, paragraph 4 of the Constitution (Code, Ann., § 2-3704). The attack in the instant case is upon the constitutionality of the Code, § 110-706, it being alleged that it violates the due process and equal protection clauses of both the State and Federal Constitutions. This attack is made for the first time in an extraordinary motion for new trial. It was held in Loomis v. State, 203 Ga. 394 (47 S. E.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Peoples Loan Company v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Peoples Loan Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Loomis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Boyers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Herring v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. ColsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Braden v. BellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Leggitt v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Ihesiaba v. PelletierCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Vandiver v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
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