Court Opinion

ID: 4440577
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Date Created: 2019-09-23 14:06:52.278904+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                September 13, 2019

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A20A0338. CRAIG MOYE v. THE STATE.

      In 2001, Craig Moye pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
Recently, he filed an “extraordinary motion to vacate sentence,” which the trial court
dismissed. Moye then appealed directly to this Court.1
      Under our Constitution, however, the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction
over “[a]ll cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed.” See
Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III (8). Because a penalty of death can be
imposed for the crime of murder, jurisdiction is proper in the Supreme Court. See
OCGA § 17-10-30 (b); 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 “all cases in which either a
sentence of death or of life imprisonment has been imposed upon conviction of
murder”). The Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over murder cases includes appeals from
orders resolving post-judgment motions in such cases. See Simpson v. State, 292 Ga.
764 (740 SE2d 124) (2013) (appeal from denial of motion attacking murder
convictions as void).

      1
       Moye also filed an application for discretionary appeal in this Court, which
we have transferred to the Supreme Court. See Case No. A20D0022 (transferred
August 13, 2019).
      Accordingly, this case 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.