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Ballew v. Georgia, (full text) :: 435 U.S. 223 (1978) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center
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Petitioner asked, in the alternative, that the case be transferred to the Fulton County Superior Court. That court had concurrent jurisdiction over the case. Ga.Const., Art. 6, § 4, ¦ 1, codified as Ga.Code § 2-3901 (1975); Nobles v. State, 81 Ga.App. 229, 58 S.E.2d 496 (1950). The Superior Court could have impaneled a jury of 12. Ga.Const., Art. 6, § 16, ¦ 1, codified as Ga.Code § 2-5101 (1975). Because the State had the choice of bringing the case in either the Criminal Court or the Superior Court, petitioner argued that trial before the smaller jury violated equal protection and due process guaranteed him under the Fourteenth Amendment. Record 12-13. The transfer was denied. He has not pressed the contention before this Court, and we do not reach it.