Jean Doricien v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ August 26, 2020 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A21A0107. JEAN DORICIEN v. THE STATE. A jury found Jean Doricien guilty of felony murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of marijuana, less than one ounce, and the trial court sentenced Doricien to life in prison plus twelve months to run concurrent and five years to run consecutive.1 Doricien filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. Doricien then filed this appeal. We lack jurisdiction. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over “[a]ll cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed.” Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III (8). Because a penalty of death may be imposed for the crime of felony murder, jurisdiction is proper in the Supreme Court. See OCGA § 16-5-1 (c), (e) (1); Neal v. State, 290 Ga. 563, 572 (722 SE2d 765) (2012) (Hunstein, C. J., concurring); see also State v. Thornton, 253 Ga. 524, 524 (1) (322 SE2d 711) (1984) (directing this Court to transfer to the Supreme Court “all cases in which either a sentence of death or of life imprisonment has been imposed upon conviction of murder”), overruled in part on other grounds as recognized in Elliott v. State, 305 Ga. 1 The jury also found Doricien guilty of aggravated assault, but the trial court merged that conviction into the felony murder conviction. 179, 205 (III) (C) (i) (824 SE2d 265) (2019). Accordingly, Doricien’s appeal is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Supreme Court for disposition. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 08/26/2020 I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written. , Clerk.