Court Opinion

ID: 9849709
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:44:52.974233+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:25.154436
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Hall, Judge,
concurring specially. The General Assembly of Georgia has stated that the intent of the Appellate Practice Act of 1965, as amended, was that the Act “shall be liberally construed so as to bring about a decision on the merits of every case appealed, and to avoid dismissal of any case.” I personally have tried to follow this precept not only since 1965 but during my four years of service on this court at a time when an appeal *400was in the form of a writ of error. However, regardless of my personal opinion I must follow in invitum the decision of the Supreme Court in Wilson v. McQueen, 224 Ga. 420 (162 SE2d 313) and concur in the dismissal of the appeal in this criminal case based upon a tickey technicality.
Bell, Presiding Judge. Addendum. It is as elemental as ABC that the Court of Appeals is bound by decisions of the Supreme Court. That is why the case was written as it was. No other explanation was necessary.