Patrick Satterfield v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: September 23, 2019
• Docket: A20A0298
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ September 13, 2019

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A20A0298. PATRICK SATTERFIELD v. THE STATE.

A jury found Patrick Satterfield guilty of felony murder and other offenses, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life in prison on the felony murder conviction. Satterfield filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. Satterfield then filed this appeal. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over “[a]ll cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed.” Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III (8). Because a penalty of death may be imposed for the crime of felony murder, jurisdiction is proper in the Supreme Court. See OCGA § 16-5-1 (c), (e) (1); Neal v. State, 290 Ga. 563, 572 (722 SE2d 765) (2012) (Hunstein, C. J., concurring); see also State v. Thornton, 253 Ga. 524, 524 (1) (322 SE2d 711) (1984) (directing this Court to transfer to the Supreme Court “all cases in which either a sentence of death or of life imprisonment has been imposed upon conviction of murder”). Accordingly, Satterfield’s appeal is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Supreme Court for disposition. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 09/13/2019 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.