Too Big to Fail: That's wild; the Court of Appeals here doesn't have any jurisdiction over factual disputes, so you couldn't raise a fact- based appeal if you skipped the Appellate Division.

Supreme Court of Georgia grants Brian Steel immediate bond and will hear the contempt appeal and underlying emergency motion.

How common is it for them to hop over the Court of Appeal and directly hear the case?

It's a murder case so normal

OK, that's not a rule I was expecting.

We do the same for 1st degree murder cases in NM. It's a relic of capital sentencing here, I'm guessing less of a relic in GA. Courts don't want to waste time in intermediate courts in capital cases for some reason.

That's wild; the Court of Appeals here doesn't have any jurisdiction over factual disputes, so you couldn't raise a fact- based appeal if you skipped the Appellate Division.

Except in a capital case! We have the same rule for appeals from a death sentence and COA is authorized to review facts on a capital appeal. It’s just that we don’t do those anymore, so it’s kinda moot.

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