Esposito v. State

315 Ga. 223

FINAL COPY S22D1240, S23A0104. ESPOSITO v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Chief Justice. This Court granted the application for discretionary appeal filed by John Anthony Esposito in this case because it appeared that “[t]he establishment of a precedent [was] desirable” on the issue of whether a trial court may refuse to follow a precedent of the Court of Appeals based solely on the trial court’s disagreement with that precedent. Supreme Court Rule 34 (2). Accordingly, we address that specific issue below, holding that trial courts indeed are bound by the precedents of the Court of Appeals.…