Legal Opinion

Lunsford v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 22, 1938No. 12573PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

A question of constitutional law, not raised in the trial of an accusation in the criminal court of Fulton Count}', but first made in a petition for certiorari to the superior court after verdict -in the trial court, is not properly presented for decision. Mays v. State, 175 Ga. 260 (165 S. E. 68).

Under the amendment of art. 6, sec. 2, par. 5, of the constitution (Code, § 2-3005), defining the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, which places jurisdiction in the Supreme Court of “all cases that involve the construction of the constitution of the State of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hodges v. Seaboard Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  2. Mays v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Jarvis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  3. James v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. Hilliard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  5. Smith v. City of AlbanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958

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