Hodges v. Bruce

Jul 13, 1953
No. 18256
Reporters:
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Before:
Hawkins
Hawkins, Justice.

Having held in Hodges v. Balkcom, ante, p. 856, that, since the petitioner had already had a review of the ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‍judgment of conviction by every court of the land to which she could apply, she was not entitled to be released on supersedeas bail bond pending disposition of a certiorari complaining of ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‍a judgment dismissing a motion to vacate and set aside a judgment in a misdemeanor case in the Criminal Court of Fulton County, since such motion was not a writ or remedy within ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‍the meaning of Code § 19-216 to review a judgment of conviction in a criminal ease — the bill of exceptions in the instant case, assigning error upon the judgment of Fulton Superior ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‍Court sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition for mandamus to compel the trial judge of the Criminal Court of Fulton County to grant a supersedeas and assess the amount of a ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‍supersedeas bond in such proceeding, is-without merit.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, P. J., not participating.