Case Name: The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Raymond Victor GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Utah Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Utah
Decision Date: 1991-01-23
Citations: 805 P.2d 199
Docket Number: No. 900617-CA
Parties: The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Raymond Victor GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: Before BENCH, GARFF and ORME, JJ. (On Law and Motion).
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 805
Pages: 199–199

Head Matter:
The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Raymond Victor GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 900617-CA.
Court of Appeals of Utah.
Jan. 23, 1991.
Lynn R. Brown, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.
R. Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen., for plaintiff and appellee.
Before BENCH, GARFF and ORME, JJ. (On Law and Motion).

Opinion:
This matter is before the Court upon appellant's motion for certification to the Utah Supreme Court, filed 26 December 1990. Appellee stipulated to the motion. Appellant requests that the matter be certified to the Utah Supreme Court, pursuant to Rule 43, Utah R.App.P.
Rule 43(a) provides that the Court of Appeals may certify matters to the Supreme Court in eases over which the Court of Appeals has original appellate jurisdiction. The instant matter is an appeal from a judgment and conviction of aggravated burglary, a first degree felony. Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-203(2) (1989). The Utah Supreme Court has original appellate jurisdiction over appeals involving a conviction of a first degree felony. Utah Code Ann. § 78-2-2(3)(i) (1989). Thus, this court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal and accordingly lacks jurisdiction to certify the appeal to the Supreme Court.
The notice of appeal herein should have designated the Supreme Court, rather than the Court of Appeals, as the appellate court having jurisdiction of the appeal. As the appeal was improperly pursued in this Court, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the matter is transferred to the Utah Supreme Court, pursuant to Rule 44, Utah R.App.P.
. However, under § 78-2-4 (1989) the Supreme Court may transfer non-capital first degree felonies to the Court of Appeals.