Chester Lewis Adams v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: September 10, 2014
• Docket: A15A0077
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,__________________ September 03, 2014

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A15A0077. CHESTER LEWIS ADAMS v. THE STATE.

Chester Lewis Adams pled guilty to murder and other crimes. He later filed a pro se motion seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, among other things. The trial court denied the motion, and Adams appealed to this Court. Under our Constitution, however, the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over “[a]ll cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed.” See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III (8). Because a penalty of death can be imposed for the crime of murder, jurisdiction is proper in the Supreme Court. See OCGA § 17-10-30 (b); Neal v. State, 290 Ga. 563, 572 (722 SE2d 765) (2012) (Hunstein, J., concurring); see also State v. Thornton, 253 Ga. 524 (322 SE2d 711) (1984) (directing this Court to transfer “all cases in which either a sentence of death or of life imprisonment has been imposed upon conviction of murder”). Accordingly, this appeal is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Supreme Court for disposition.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 09/03/2014 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,__________________ I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.