Court Opinion

ID: 5644078
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 06:36:09.593301+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:38:18.540130
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent from the transferral of this case to the Supreme Court, for basically the same reasons I dissented in Kolker v. State, 193 Ga. App. 306 (387 SE2d 597) (1989). Moreover, the fact that the Supreme Court actually transferred this case to us in the first place should foreclose our conclusion that the issue to be resolved involves construction of the Constitution. Regardless of the eventual outcome of Kolker, the instant case is properly before this court.
Concerning the merits of the State’s motion for rehearing, I believe we correctly determined that under the Constitution and OCGA § 40-13-21, municipal courts have jurisdiction over misdemeanor traffic offenses. Accordingly, the motion for rehearing should be denied.
I am authorized to state that Judge Beasley joins in this dissent.