Case Name: SENASE v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1988-10-20
Citations: 258 Ga. 592
Docket Number: 45657
Parties: SENASE v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 592–592

Head Matter:
45657.
SENASE v. THE STATE.
(372 SE2d 813)
Decided October 20, 1988.
Thomas C. Blaska, Jonathan J. Wade, for appellant.
Darrell E. Wilson, District Attorney, Kimberly L. Schwartz, for appellee.

Opinion:
Bell, Justice.
After the appellant, Roger Fred Señase, 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 because his enumeration of errors included several constitutional challenges to § 16-13-31. However, our review of the record shows that Señase 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).
The basis of this court's jurisdiction to review the judgment complained of being predicated upon the drawing into question of the constitutionality of a statute of this State and the record failing to show that such point was passed upon by the trial judge, this court is without jurisdiction. The case is therefore transferred to the Court of Appeals. [Cits.]
Undercofler v. United States Steel Corp., 219 Ga. 264 (133 SE2d 11) (1963).
Transferred to the Court of Appeals.
All the Justices concur.
The transfer order of the Court of Appeals did not specify the reason for transfer.