Title: Senase v. State

State: georgia

Issuer: Georgia Supreme Court

Document:

258 Ga. 592 (1988) 372 S.E.2d 813 SENASE v. THE STATE. 45657. Supreme Court of Georgia. Decided October 20, 1988. Thomas C. Blaska, Jonathan J. Wade, for appellant. Darrell E. Wilson, District Attorney, Kimberly L. Schwartz, for appellee. BELL, Justice. After the appellant, Roger Fred Senase, was convicted and sentenced for trafficking in cocaine, OCGA § 16-13-31, he appealed to the Georgia Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals transferred his appeal to this court, apparently[1] because his enumeration of errors included several constitutional challenges to § 16-13-31. However, our review of the record shows that Senase did not raise these constitutional issues in the trial court, and hence has forfeited the right to raise them on appeal. Arp v. State, 249 Ga. 403 (1) (291 SE2d 495) (1982). Undercofler v. United States Steel Corp., 219 Ga. 264 (133 SE2d 11) (1963). Transferred to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur. [1] The transfer order of the Court of Appeals did not specify the reason for transfer.