(a) Except as limited by subsection (b) below and Section 14-8-260, the court shall have jurisdiction over any case in which an appeal is taken from an order, judgment, or decree of the circuit or family court. This jurisdiction shall be appellate only, and the court shall apply the same scope of review that the Supreme Court would apply in a similar case. The court shall have the same authority to issue writs of supersedeas, grant stays, and grant petitions for bail as the Supreme Court would have in a similar case. The court, to the extent the Supreme Court may by rule provide for it to do so, shall have jurisdiction to entertain petitions for writs of certiorari in post-conviction relief matters under Section 17-27-100.
(b) Jurisdiction of the court shall not extend to appeals of the following, the appeal from which shall lie of right directly to the Supreme Court:
(1) any final judgment from the circuit court which includes a sentence of death;
(2) any final judgment from the circuit court setting public utility rates pursuant to Title 58;
(3) any final judgment involving a challenge on state or federal grounds, to the constitutionality of a state law or county or municipal ordinance where the principal issue is one of the constitutionality of the law or ordinance; provided, however, in any case where the Supreme Court finds that the constitutional question raised is not a significant one, the Supreme Court may transfer the case to the court for final judgment;
(4) any final judgment from the circuit court involving the authorization, issuance, or proposed issuance of general obligation debt, revenue, institutional, industrial, or hospital bonds of the State, its agencies, political subdivisions, public service districts, counties, and municipalities, or any other indebtedness now or hereafter authorized by Article X of the Constitution of this State;
(5) any final judgment from the circuit court pertaining to elections and election procedure;
(6) any order limiting an investigation by a state grand jury under Section 14-7-1630;
(7) any order of the family court relating to an abortion by a minor under Section 44-41-33.