§ 5-6-33. Right of Appeal Generally

1. 1. Either party in any civil case and the defendant in any criminal proceeding in the superior, state, or city courts, or in the Georgia State-wide Business Court, may appeal from any sentence, judgment, decision, or decree of the court, or of the judge thereof in any matter heard at chambers.
   2. Either party in any civil case in the probate courts provided for by Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 may appeal from any judgment, decision, or decree of the court, or of the judge thereof in any matter heard at chambers.
2. This Code section shall not affect Chapter 7 of this title.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 4160; Code 1868, § 4192; Code 1873, § 4251; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 123, § 1; Code 1882, § 4251; Ga. L. 1887, p. 41, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 5527; Penal Code 1895, § 1070; Civil Code 1910, § 6139; Penal Code 1910, § 1097; Code 1933, § 6-901; Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 22; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 5; Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 2-2/HB 239.

The 2019 amendment, effective May 7, 2019, inserted “, or in the Georgia State-wide Business Court,” in the middle of paragraph (a)(1).

Cross references.

Appeals in habeas corpus cases, §§ 9-14-22 , 9-14-52 .

Review of death sentences by Supreme Court, § 17-10-35 et seq.

Appeal to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court from final judgment of superior court pertaining to review of final decision of administrative agency, § 50-13-20 .

Code Commission notes.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, a comma was deleted following “city courts” in paragraph (a)(1).

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 25, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that that Act would apply to all cases filed on or after July 1, 1986.

Law reviews.

For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2019).